Karnataka’s infrastructure and industries minister MB Patil on June 6, 2023, held a review meeting with the officials of the Rail Infrastructure Development Company of Karnataka (K RIDE). In this meeting, he directed them to extend Bangalore’s suburban rail project to neighbouring towns. According to the K RIDE department, the suburban rail project will now be extended to Mysuru, Gauribidanur-Hindupur and Kolar areas.
See also: Bangalore Suburban Rail project details
Minister MB Patil said that the decision was taken to improve connectivity between the IT capital and the surrounding towns. Suburban rail projects should connect prominent places which are located within a periphery of 100 km from Bangalore, he added. He tweeted “I held a review meeting for the Bangalore Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) and suggested taking steps for its speedy implementation. The project will transform transportation for residents living in the outskirts and suburban areas, resolving daily traffic congestion problems.”
In June 2022, prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the suburban rail system and said that the long-delayed project will be implemented in just around 40 months. According to the previous plan, the total route length of 148.17 km will be built at a cost of Rs 15,767 crore through a combination of project financing and land monetisation. 57 new stations were in the plan and almost 60% of the places were designed to have multi-modal connectivity.
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