Bengaluru residents may get Metro access within 1-2 km from their home or place of work by 2032

Bengaluru residents may get Metro access within 1-2 km from their home/place of work by 2032.

This was revealed in an action plan prepared by the state government to make Karnataka a $1 trillion economy by 2032.

"Four new Metro lines proposed towards the target of Metro access to every citizen of Bengaluru within 1-2 km of their place of work or residence by 2032,” reads the action plan by the Karnataka department of planning, programme monitoring and statistics and industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI). Currently, 40 of 51 stations fall under Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits.

It has proposed two new routes and two extensions as part of Phase 3 of the Namma Metro project, which will cost Rs 27,000 crore. The two new Metro corridors proposed are: Old Airport Rd, from MG Road to Hope Farm via Marathahalli and Whitefield (IT corridor) (underground) (16 Km) at an estimated cost of Rs 9,600 crore (600 crore per Km) and 25 Km Nagawara - Kempegowda International Airport via Thanisandra / Bharatiya City at an estimated cost of Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 400 crore/Km).