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Bengaluru: Purchase Metro tickets on WhatsApp, Namma Metro app

BENGALURU: Starting Tuesday, Namma Metro passengers can avoid the hassle of standing in front of ticket counters to purchase tokens.

The Times of India

Rudra, tunnel boring machine of Namma Metro, stuck after encountering garbage pile 33 feet below earth

Officials shocked to find buckets, chappals, decayed bone 33 feet below the surface. More than four decades ago the area used to be granite quarry

The Hindu

After being stalled in 2019 after BMRCL objections, BDA to restart construction of two additional lanes to Hebbal flyover

The BDA had already constructed 13 pillars out of the 40 planned for adding the additional two lanes

The Hindu

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Trial run on Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield metro line to start in last week of October

Opening of the line will benefit lakhs of residents and office-goers

The Hindu

BMRCL floats tender for 318 metro cars, new condition to maintain coaches for 15 years

For the first time, the BMRCL has also imposed a clause on maintenance of coaches and the manufacturer has to maintain them for a period of 15 years

The Hindu

Bengaluru Metro Phase 3: Two double-decker flyovers likely to come up on Outer Ring Road West

BENGALURU: While work on the road-cum-rail flyover between Ragigudda and Central Silk Board (3.3km) is progressing, the city is likely to get two-more double-decker flyovers.

The Times of India

Bengaluru metro’s Purple Line services hit due to technical fault

BMRCL officials said that there was a possible rail breakage between Kengeri and Mysuru Road metro stations

The Hindu

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Bengaluru: Crack on track disrupts Mysuru Road-Kengeri Metro service

BENGALURU: Hundreds of passengers were stranded at various stations between Mysuru Road and Kengeri on the Purple Line on Thursday due to a technical snag.

The Times of India

Purple line metro services resume after brief hit due to technical fault

On Thursday morning, BMRCL officials said that the trains will run in 25-30-minute intervals between Kengeri and Mysore Road stations

The Hindu

Metro project: HC directs Tree Officer to give health status of saplings planted

The Court sought a report on the health of the trees, which were translocated by the BMRCL as per the TEC’s recommendations

The Hindu

Metro work, potholed roads add to traffic snarls on Bannerghatta Road

Bengaluru:

The Hindu

Metro works come to a halt on ORR after heavy rains

M.D says heavy rain impacted traction and signalling work of Whitefield line which has December deadline for opening

The Hindu

HC refuses to quash corruption case against sacked bureaucrat in BMRCL fund misuse case

Petition filed by Sandeep Dash dismissed

The Hindu

To park or not to park at Namma Metro stations

Parking spaces at Bengaluru’s metro stations offer little comfort to commuter: some are ill-lit, others pothole-ridden, which gets worse during the rains

The Hindu

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The Hindu

Metro ridership crosses 8.25 lakh, highest ever in 11 years

Bengaluru

The Hindu

Metro sees heavy rush, traffic comes to standstill due to Congress rally

Bengaluru

The Hindu

‘Nine rainwater harvesting pits can be constructed on metro Yellow Line’

Survey conducted after researchers notice rainwater collected near RV Road metro station being discharged onto footpaths

The Hindu

No immediate plans to increase frequency of metro trains, says BMRCL MD

Ridership touched 5.17 lakh on July 16, an all-time high since the pandemic hit

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5G trials carried out at MG Road metro station in Bengaluru

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has claimed that the 5G network was successfully tested at MG Road metro station.

The Hindu

Will the multi-level metro perform a traffic miracle?

Bengaluru

The Hindu

Once an engineering marvel, now a poster child of traffic snarls

For the last five years, motorists and bus passengers have struggled more because of metro construction in the area

The Times of India

Karnataka high court allows Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited to cut 21 more trees for two corridors

BENGALURU: The high court on Tuesday permitted Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to cut/ remove 21 trees along two under-construction Metro corridors.

The Hindu

Make BMRCL’s reports on translocation of trees and compensatory plantation available on website, Karnataka High Court tells Tree Officer

A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court said that BMRCL has to implement compensatory plantation scheme to be recommended by the UAS, Bengaluru, in lieu of felling trees

The Hindu

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited pays compensation of ₹65 crore to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited has paid ₹65 crore as compensation, for acquiring the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited land for the ongoing Namma Metro metro projects Officials say wherever sale deeds of acquired land are in the name of NICE, compensation is being paid

The Hindu

Opening of Whitefield line likely to benefit 3 lakh commuters

BMRCL MD says trial run by September and the line will be opened for public by year-end

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