Bengaluru: Large Reduction for Namma Metro Commuters, Work Begins on KR Puram Railway FOBPublished 1 day in the past

With an finish to the long-standing disagreement between the South Western Railway (SWR) and Bangalore Metro Rail Company Restricted (BMRCL), the development of the foot overbridge (FOB) between KR Puram railway station and Metro stations has lastly began. Notably, the FOB, which shall be a significant reduction to KR Puram Metro commuters, shall be constructed in a complete of three phases.

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It’s going to assist to attach the Purple Line station and Blue Line station to the opposite facet of the street and additional hyperlink the renovated KR Puram railway station to all the opposite metro stations. This comes days after a stand-off between the SWR and BMRCL concerning the land acquisition was lastly resolved, leading to either side agreeing to one another’s situations.

SWR and BMRCL agree on land acquisition situations:

As per the newest developments, the South Western Railway (SWR) has agreed to provide away BMRCL 3,600 sq. metres within the car parking zone close to KR Puram railway station’s Platform No 4. The BMRCL has additionally agreed to provide the railways an equal quantity of land acquired from the BDA, mentioned M S Channappagoudar, Govt Director (Land Acquisition), BMRCL, as reported by the Deccan Herald.

The BMRCL will use 200 sq. metres from the SWR-allotted space to construct the FOB touchdown. The remaining plot shall be used to widen the Previous Madras Street stretch working from Tin Manufacturing unit to KR Puram.

Because of this, whereas the preliminary work on the FOB has already begun, the road-widening work will begin after SWR allots the land as agreed throughout the negotiations.

As reported by the Instances of India, BMRCL chief PRO, Yashvanth Chavan mentioned that the planning continues to be underway for the development work of the FOB. He didn’t expose extra particulars concerning the venture completion or its phases.

Kusuma Hariprasad, further divisional railway supervisor, famous that BMRCL is but to pay the land licensing costs. “Since BMRCL has not paid the licensing payment, SWR has suggested them to halt building and solely resume as soon as the payment is paid,” she mentioned, including {that a} written communication shall be despatched to BMRCL on this regard.

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