{"id":651251,"date":"2025-11-04T12:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=651251"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:08:51","slug":"namma-metro-pink-line-in-bengaluru-will-13-76-km-stretch-be-operational-in-may-2026-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/namma-metro-pink-line-in-bengaluru-will-13-76-km-stretch-be-operational-in-may-2026-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Namma Metro Pink Line in Bengaluru: Will 13.76-km stretch be operational in May 2026? Here\u2019s what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar\u2019s recent post on social media has sparked confusion over the launch schedule of Namma Metro\u2019s Pink Line. While he claimed that the entire 21.26-km line would be operational by May 2026, senior officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have clarified that the project will open in two stages.<\/p>\n<p>The 7.5-km elevated section between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere is expected to begin operations by May 2026. The remaining 13.76-km underground stretch from Dairy Circle to Nagavara is likely to open by December 2026, as per a report by Deccan Herald (DH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar\u2019s recent post on social media has sparked confusion over the launch schedule of Namma Metro\u2019s Pink Line. While he claimed that the entire 21.26-km line would be operational by May 2026, senior officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have clarified that the project will open in two stages. The 7.5-km elevated section between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere is expected to begin operations by May 2026. The remaining 13.76-km underground stretch from Dairy Circle to Nagavara is likely to open by December 2026, as per a report by Deccan Herald (DH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,130,257],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-railways-hindustantimes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}