State, railways & K-RIDE sign tripartite pact to streamline Bengaluru suburban rail project

Bengaluru: In a move that will help streamline the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project (BSRP), a tripartite agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Government of Karnataka, the railways and K-RIDE.

The project implementing agency, Railway Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka), or K-RIDE, said the agreement specified the responsibilities and methodologies of coordination among the parties.

The agreement is “critical” to the successful completion of such a large project, K-RIDE added.

“The purpose is to establish broad principles of cooperation and modalities that will guide and govern the role of the Government of Karnataka, the Ministry of Railways, and K-RIDE in the effective implementation of the project,” it said.