Bommai pats BMRCL, says completed Metro will be the ‘lifeline’ of Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has directed BMRCL officials to complete the Metro Phase 2 work a year earlier, by 2024 instead of 2025. He advised speeding up of the work after witnessing the ‘breakthrough’ of tunnel boring machine ‘Urja’ in the Shivajinagar Metro station on Wednesday.
When Phase 2 is completed, 56 km will be added to the network and phase 3 will then be taken up. When all three phases are completed, the Metro will be the lifeline of Bengaluru, Bommai said.
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He praised BMRCL for doing the work scientifically and giving utmost priority to safety, despite several challenges.
CM @BSBommai today witnessed the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Urja's breakthrough at the North end of Shivajinagar station in Bengaluru.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) September 22, 2021
The tunneling of 855 meters from Cantonment station to Shivajinagar station is the first on #NammaMetro 's Pink Line.@PMOIndia @HardeepSPuri pic.twitter.com/3LF4uCnnw8
CM thanks citizens
The Chief Minister thanked Bengalureans for extending their cooperation during the Metro work. He said the Metro extension to the international airport would be taken up soon and added that the Centre was extending its cooperation and providing funds on time.
ಸುರಂಗ ಕೊರೆಯುವ ಊರ್ಜ ಯಂತ್ರವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕಂಟೋನ್ಮೆಂಟ್ ನಿಂದ ಶಿವಾಜಿನಗರ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದವರೆಗೆ ಸುರಂಗ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಕೊರೆದು ಶಿವಾಜಿನಗರ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ಹೊರಬರುವುದನ್ನು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @BSBommai ಅವರು ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿದ ದೃಶ್ಯಾವಳಿಗಳು;#NammaMetro @cpronammametro pic.twitter.com/6R3AIn1KXo
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) September 22, 2021
Forest, Food and Civil Supplies minister Umesh Katti, Cooperation Minister ST Somashekhar, MLA Rizwan Arshad, Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development) Rakesh Singh, BMRCL MD Anjum Parvez and others were present.
