Bengaluru will get 6-km metro line from Yelachanahalli to Anjanapura; service begins at the moment

Image Source : TWITTER@DVSADANANDGOWDA Bengaluru will get 6-km metro line from Yelachanahalli to Anjanapura
The new 6.3 km prolonged stretch of metro rail in Bengaluru’s southern suburbs commenced its service for the general public on Friday. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had flagged off the prepare on the north-south hall (inexperienced line) on the event of Makar Sankranti. 
According to Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL), the metro prepare which is able to begin from Yelachanahalli has 5 stations on its option to the vacation spot station — Anjanapura. These stations are Konanakunte Cross, Doddakallasandra, Vajrahalli, Thalaghattapura, and Silk Institute on the inexperienced line. 
The southern suburbs of Bengaluru have seen huge business and residential improvement over the previous few years. Therefore, like many different components of the town, the world can also be notorious for its visitors jams.
On Thursday, Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri additionally participated within the inaugural occasion just about from New Delhi via video-conferencing, whereas Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister and Bangalore North MP D.V. Sadananada Gowda, who represents the Bangalore North Lok Sabha seat, state cabinet ministers and native MLAs R. Ashok, S. Suresh Kumar, Somshekar, Arvind Limbavali, and Byrathi Basavaraj had been additionally current on the event.
“The metro rail service extension is a step towards the goal of Bengaluru Mission 2022 to enable faster commute and smart mobility options in the city,” mentioned Yediyurappa on the event.
The prolonged service challenge was two years delayed for varied causes, together with land acquisition, shifting of utilities and displacing homes and outlets that had been on the route.

The extension is a part of the metro rail community’s second section, which is able to cowl a further 74 km within the metropolis at a price of Rs 30,695 crore by 2024 and may have 72 stations.
The first section, which has been in service since October 2011, covers 42 km on the north-south and east-west (purple line) corridors spanning 40 stations.
As the most well-liked transport mode for its punctual, environment friendly and clear service in air-conditioned coaches, the metro was ferrying over 4 lakh commuters on the dual routes every day throughout pre-Covid days.
“We hope to commence service on the 7.5 km extended route from Mysore Road station to Kengeri on the purple line from July,” mentioned the official.
Metro service resumed on September 7 in phases after remaining suspended since March 25 when the Covid-induced lockdown was enforced. A lot of guidelines and restrictions to make sure the protection of commuters had been rolled out.
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