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The Karnataka authorities has allocated ₹500 crore successful the State Budget for the long-delayed Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project (BSRP), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced connected Friday. The allocation comes successful summation to the ₹500 crore announced by the Union authorities successful the Union Budget 2026-27 earlier this year, officials from Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (KRIDE) said.
In his Budget speech, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that onshore acquisition for Corridor-2, connecting Benniganahalli and Chikkabanavara, has already been completed and operation works were presently nether way. He acceptable a deadline of December 2030.
Speaking to The Hindu, a KRIDE authoritative said, “Since the task is simply a 50:50 associated task betwixt the State and the Centre, the State authorities has present allocated ₹500 crore successful the Budget, portion the Union authorities had announced ₹500 crore successful the Union Budget presented successful February 2026.”
However, activists said the allocation was insufficient to accelerate the delayed suburban obstruction project. Rajkumar Dugar, laminitis of the citizens’ radical Citizens for Citizens (C4C), said that the State government’s allocation did not bespeak beardown committedness to the project. “Just ₹500 crore astatine this signifier does not amusement large involvement from the State government. The Chief Minister has not spoken astir Corridor-1, which is the astir important corridor and has been ignored,” helium told The Hindu.
The Corridor-1, besides known arsenic the Sampige Line, is simply a 41.4-km agelong connecting KSR Bengaluru City to Devanahalli via Yelahanka and includes 15 stations. According to Mr. Dugar, the corridor was important for Bengaluru’s connectivity, and it was an important agelong that connects airdrome and should beryllium prioritised.
41-km metro enlargement promised by 2026 contempt dilatory task progress
Mr. Siddaramaiah announced that Bengaluru’s metro web was expected to grow by 41 km by the extremity of 2026, contempt the comparatively dilatory advancement of ongoing operation works connected the upcoming Pink and Blue lines of Namma Metro.
The projected enlargement includes the Pink Line corridor betwixt Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere (21.26 km) and the Blue Line agelong from Silk Board Junction to K.R. Pura (19.75 km).
Officials from Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said the Pink Line was expected to unfastened successful phases. A 7.5-km elevated agelong was apt to beryllium operational by May 2026, portion the full underground corridor was expected to beryllium completed by December 2026.
According to the BMRCL officials, for the Blue Line, the K.R. Pura-Silk Board Junction conception (19.75 km) was projected to unfastened by December 2026. The remaining sections would travel successful phases, with the Hebbal-Airport agelong (27.44 km) apt to unfastened by June 2027, and the K.R. Pura-Hebbal conception (11 km) by December 2027.
