A Namma Metro Pink Line train on elevated tracks. File photo.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress said on November 10 that the state accounts for ₹65,291 crore of what it put at ₹77,891 crore in approved Bengaluru Metro costs. The party put the Centre’s share at ₹12,600 crore, or 16.2%, and accused the Union government of taking disproportionate credit for the project.
The post followed a separate claim on November 8 by Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. He said the Centre had committed ₹41,557 crore across Phases 1, 2, 2A, 2B and 3, against ₹36,332 crore from Karnataka. Surya also accused the state government of delaying Metro projects. The Congress post addressed the same funding dispute without naming Surya.
Surya cited a 20:20:60 funding model, with Centre and state contributions alongside loans from international lenders. He said BMRCL raises those loans with a Union government sovereign guarantee. A loan guarantee is a commitment to back repayment if the borrower cannot pay. The guarantee itself does not show how much the Centre has paid out.
A March 2026 reply in the Lok Sabha, citing BMRCL, put Karnataka’s commitment at ₹31,534 crore at that time. It separately listed ₹27,184.32 crore in state construction funding released through March 5 and ₹5,066.65 crore disbursed for debt repayment and cash-loss reimbursements. Those figures illustrate why commitments, construction releases and debt support need to be read separately.
The two posts did not provide matching phase-by-phase accounts showing how they arrived at their totals. Read TBL’s earlier coverage of Surya’s Metro funding claim.
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