What is the progress of Bangalore metro will it come?

Question

so many schemes of MRTS have floped in IT Capital Will the Metro come to Bangalore.

Answer 1

Legal Body: Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (BMRTL)
Chairman: Anil Bajijal, Union Urban Development Secretary
Managing Director: Mr. K.N. Shrivastava
Executive Director: Mr. M.S. Nagendra
Board of Directors: 5 from Central Government, 5 from State Government
Participants: State and Central Governments
Report prepared by: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Routes: East-West (18.1 km) & North-South (14.9 km) Corridors
Total length of project: 33 km
Type: Elevated and underground
Project Start Date: March 2005, June 2005, July 2005, August 2005
Going Live: Mid-2007, October 2008, October 2009
Number Of Stations: 32
Number Of Commuters Per Day: 820,000
Proposed Fare: 1.33-1.66 times the bus fares. Annual escalation fares at 4%
Cost/Km Underground: Rs 250 crore
Cost/Km Elevated: Rs 80 crore
Total Cost: Rs 4998 crore, Rs 5606 crore, Rs 6207 crore
Fund Formula:
State: Rs 1807 cr
Centre/Federal: Rs 1447 cr
Financial Institutions: Rs 2953 cr
Interest rate: Approx 8.75% for a 15 year term loan, line of credit form insurance companies and provident fund agencies comes for 25 years at 9% interest.

Ground-level preparations for the ambitous metro rail project in Bangalore are being made with the State Government frezing development activity in 247 premises and buildings it had tentatively identified for this purpose. The govt has asked the Bangalore City Corporation, BDA and other civic bodie to seek a no-objection certifcate (NoC) from the BMRTL before it approves any construction activity.

Bangalore Metro will have a standard gauge and will take cover under the 100-year old Mysore Tramways Act, which will require some amendments by the state goverment to suit the present day needs. With this, BMRTL can avoid going to the railway ministry for all sanctions.

Some of the space which is going to be claimed by BMRTL for the project are as follows:

4,126 sq mt of Central Bus Sand in Majestic.
On MG Road the project will use 14 sq mt of Nalli Silks and 25 sq mt of Land Mark building.
210 sq mt of IOC petrol bunk near Trinity Circle.
Trinity Complex, Megdooth Motors, Police Quarters on Ulsoor Road.
Part of Govt Kannada Primary School at Srirampuram, Govt Urdu School at Chickpet.
74 sq mt of Bangalore Hospital on RV Road.
4,320 sq mt of Mysore Mills behind Maharaja Mills.
119,000 sq mt of private industry land on Tumkur Road.
Work on Phase I is yet to begin [as of Nov 2004] but the government has already announced the plans for Phase II. We call this "good vision".

Total length of project: 50 km
Will connect the two technology hubs of Electronic city and International Tech Park in Whitefield.
Project Start Date: 2009
Type: Elevated
Monorail is very expensive and the return on investment [ROI] is very low. Mono Rail system costs Rs 120 crore per km, against Metro Rail's Rs 75 crore per km. Mtro Rail had a capacity to carry 45,000-50,000 passengers per hour, while Mono Rail can carry only 10,000-12,000 passengers per hour.
The management of laying the foundation caps and raising columns for girders will have a bearing on the time taken to complete the 36-km metro rail. The construction is supposed to cause minimal inconvenience to citizens. Erection of a girder requires at least seven days. Executive engineer Yashavanth Chavan said, "The process begins with BMRTL acquiring 3.5 metres from the centre of the road, on either side. Once we have a barricaded square, we will construct a 'bored cast in pile', which basically acts as a foundation for girder columns.We dig in four 15 metre deep holes and fill them with reinforced steel and concrete. These will act as four legs for a slab called the pile cap. The pile is earthquake resistant."

The construction of the metro columns would be done in two-km stretches and traffic would be affected for two to three months at a time. There will be 18 columns every two km. Since only seven metres of the main road are occupied, traffic will not be affected. In the piling stage, work will begin in the evenings. The columns will be transported from the off-site area and set up at night. Each column 1.5 metres wide and 5.5 metres high is laid.

BMRTL has, in principle, finalised the land acquisition deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD). As per the agreement, nearly 102 acres of defence land has been acquired for the metro project at the cost of Rs 1.13 crore. This was in lieu of the 57 acres released earlier by the MoU to the BMRTL for the ELRTS project. The agreement was reached following a meeting on June 27, 2005 which was attended by the Chairman and Joint Secretary of MoD P K Rastogi, Additional Financial Advisor of MoD Dipali Khanna and Mr Shrivastava.

The defence areas acquired include 100 acres of Peenya Plantation and half an acre each of army land on Old Madras Road, Army-based workshop on SV Road and inside Maneckshaw Grounds.


Tax For Private Vehicles
The Metro Rail may substantaily ease the traffice on some roads. BMRTL has proposed a number of measures, including imposing entry tax on private vehicles and restricting of three-wheelers on certain roads. Other items include,
Entry tax on private vehicles on certain roads
Parking fee substantially hiked on certain raods
No three-wheelers permitted on certain roads
City bus corridors shall not run paralled to Metro corridors
Intercity buses to termiante at city outskirts
Public parking will be provided at major Metro stations
Feeder bus services will be provided at Metro stations
Common ticketing will be introduced for Metro and feeder buses

Metro News
Metro Map
Metro Route
Proposed Metro Station Locations

Answer 2

Bangalore Metro Progress

Answer 3

It will be unsuccessful with all the frequent power cuts. How can the Karnataka government provide endless electricity to metro? Sorry for being negative, but the truth is that there is no continuous supply of electricity in Bangalore. I've lived in Bangalore for 30 years and have experienced frequent load shedding. Imagine getting stuck for hours waiting for electricity to power metro.

Answer 4

The capital of Karnataka,Bangalore - is blessed with a pleasant climate, beautiful parks, canopied avenues, and a rich cultural heritage with a cosmopolitan touch. A city ahead of its times, Bangalore heralded the Information Technology revolution way back in the 1980s. It has earned a coveted place in the international arena with landmark progress in the fields of IT, bio-technology, garment manufacturing, industrial development, real estate, health, higher education and hospitality.



























Rapid growth in economy demands infrastructure that keeps pace with it. However, Bangalore, a 'pensioner's paradise' as it was once known has swiftly changed into a bustling cosmopolitan city, thereby widening this gap. With the increase in the 'floating population', the burden of urban banes like poor infrastructure, traffic congestion and inadequate public transport have started taking a toll on the city


Bangalore Metro, With All Its Promises

The Bangalore Metro has all the components required for a successful integrated public transport system. It offers:

• Comprehensive connectivity • Convenience • Comfort • Affordability • Frequency • Reliability • Safety • Aesthetics

The Route Map


The Bangalore Metro weaves through the bustling commercial and residential areas of the city. The first phase of Bangalore Metro, consisting of two corridors of double line electrified, will cover a total of 33 km.

The East-West corridor will be 18.10 km. long, starting from Byappanahalli and terminating at Mysore Road terminal, going via Old Madras Road, Indiranagar, C.M.H. Road, Ulsoor, Trinity Circle, M.G. Road, Cricket Stadium, Vidhana Soudha, Central College, Majestic, City Railway Station, Magadi Road, Hosahalli, Vijayanagar and Deepanjali Nagar.

The 14.90 km. North-South corridor will begin at Yeshwantpur Terminal and terminate at R.V. Road terminal going via Mahalakshmi, Rajajinagar, Kuvempu Road, Malleswaram, Swastik, Majestic, Chikpet, City Market, K.R. Road, Lalbagh, South End Circle and Jayanagar.

Out of the 33 km., 6.76 km. will be underground near City Railway Station, Vidhana Soudha, Majestic and City Market and most of the rest will be elevated.



GAUGE : Standard Gauge





TRACTION : 750V dc Third Rail






SPEED Max : 80Kmph ; Sch. 32Kmph





NO. OF STATIONS : 35






TRAVEL TIME : 33 Mins. (end to end)
Comfortable Travel... Priceless!

The Bangalore Metro comes with a package deal. Comfortable, quick, safer and economical, its energy requirement per passenger km. is only one-fifth of that of road based systems. Commuters can breathe easy, there will be no air pollution as the system runs on electric power. The economic rate of return is 22.3%

Answer 5

ASHIK or ASHIT? lol...
anyways... Metro is a reality, But its being a flop is a bigger reality..... Metro is for the politicians to make money
not for general populations to travel
By 2227 maybe we will have some respite.... in travel
cause other countries would have migrated to the Moons of Uranus....and we shall be debating the ill effects of URanus..LOL...
Metro will be chugging with a steam engine cause there would be no gas or electrikity
US of A will have by then wiped out Russia and China.... and Osama's great grandson would have wiped out all earths energy producing, bomb producing plants... and we will be living off sunlight
Coal will be brought from Mars and Jupiter... and our politicians will be busy naming metro as.. Jupiterappan colada swasthigallanna railooo...

Answer 6

The Bangalore Metro (ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮೆಟ್ರೊ in Kannada) is the proposed mass-transit rail system for the Indian city of Bangalore. The agency responsible for its implementation is Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd(BMRCL). Navayuga Engineering has been awarded the contract to construct the Reach 1 of the East-West line. [1] Five consortia have been shortlisted as general consultants for the project.

A detailed project report prepared by the DMRC and RITES envisages a 33km elevated and underground rail network with 32 stations for Phase I of the project. The proposed gauge is standard gauge unlike the broad gauge on the Delhi Metro network.

Construction work was scheduled to start in 2005 but was delayed by a February 2006 change of government in the state of Karnataka and continued debate over whether the project is financially feasible and appropriate for the city. However, on 25 April 2006 the Indian cabinet approved the project, which is now budgeted at more than 54.5 billion rupees (about US$1.2 billion). The foundation stone was laid by PM Manmohan Singh on June 24, 2006 [2], and the work is scheduled to be completed by 2011.

Logo
Bangalore Metro's logo is a green and purple device with the phrase "Namma Metro" (ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೊ, Kannada for "our Metro"). The green represents Bangalore's Garden City nickname while the purple represents technology and modernity, according to Jayanth Jain and Mahendra of Else Design, who won a competition in March 2006 to design the logo from 400 other entries.

Routes
Phase I (First line scheduled to open in 2009)

North-South - Yeshwantpur to R V Road (14.9km)
Yeshwanthpur along Tumkur Road to Government Soap Factory Circle
Government Soap Factory Circle along Chord Road to Modi Hospital Road - Chord Road Junction
Modi Hospital Road - Chord Road Junction along Mahakavi Kuvempu Road to Railway Bridge, Malleswaram
Railway Bridge, Malleswaram to Swastik along existing Railway track
Swastik to KSRTC/BMTC Bus stand (Underground)
KSRTC/BMTC Bus stand along Balepet, Nagarthpet, Arcot Srinivasachar Street, Vanivilasa Hospital and BMS College - KR Road (Underground)
BMC (KR Road) to Vanivilasa Circle (Elevated)
Vanivilasa Circle to Lalbagh West Gate, along Vanivilasa Road (Elevated)
Lalbagh West Gate to end of Rashtriya Vidyalaya (RV) Road along RV Road (Elevated)


East-West - Mysore Road to Byappanahalli (18.1km)
Phase II (Lines scheduled to open from 2009)

North extension - Yeshwantpur to Peenya
West extension - Mysore Road to Bangalore University
South extension - R V Road to J P Nagar
East extension - Byappanahalli to Whitefield

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Metro

Answer 7

No, I don't believe the city's infrastructure is ready to handle that yet. Try in another 10-15 years.

Answer 8

Hum Honge (Aur) Kaamyab Ek Din.....

Be positive and keep mounting pressure on the government, whichever small or big way you can.

Answer 9

Not yet may be.... its take next 10--15 years.

Answer 10

slow and steady!!! unfortunately it may not win the race!!