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The areas nether the metro pillars, which for months had been plagued by amerciable garbage dumping, are present being restored.
Waste that erstwhile accumulated regular nether the viaduct has been cleared, and officials said steps were being taken to forestall the abstraction from turning into a dumping crushed again, by installing caller barricades.
The clean-up thrust comes arsenic the operation connected the Pink Line’s elevated stations nears completion. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has confirmed that the much-anticipated Pink Line corridor volition beryllium opened successful phases by September 2026.
The 7.5-km elevated conception from Tavarekere to Kalena Agrahara, moving on Bannerghatta Road, is expected to beryllium commissioned by March 2026.
Saplings planted
A elder BMRCL authoritative said that the civilian works connected the elevated information person already been completed and investigating activities are nether way. “The prototype bid for the Pink Line has precocious been received and is being tested connected the elevated stretch. As portion of parallel works, we person begun clearing each garbage accumulated beneath the pillars and viaduct. Barricades person been installed to forestall further dumping, and saplings are being planted to amended the wide situation and aesthetics of the corridor,” the authoritative said.
The contented of garbage dumping on this agelong had drawn nationalist attraction earlier. Residents had complained that heaps of mixed discarded were being dumped illegally nether the pillars, turning the country into an eyesore and a superior wellness hazard. The Hindu had reported the problem, ‘Garbage dumped nether metro pillars turns Bannerghatta Road agelong into stinking blackspot,’ connected October 20, 2025.
From Vega City Mall to Gurappanapalya, the under-construction Pink Line pillars had go a convenient dumping spot for residents, shopkeepers and passers-by. The occupation was compounded by unauthorised posters, stickers and advertisements pasted crossed respective pillars, further defacing the caller infrastructure.
The officials said the agelong has been afloat cleared. “All accumulated discarded has been removed and the unauthorised posters and stickers person besides been taken down. In the coming days, the pillars volition beryllium afloat beautified with azygous designs and greenery, ensuring the abstraction beneath the metro remains clean, organised and visually appealing,” they added.
Welcome move
The section residents person welcomed the move. “For months, this agelong was unbearable due to the fact that of the stench and mosquitoes. The clean-up has made a immense difference, and we anticipation the BMRCL and civic agencies guarantee it does not spell backmost to however it was,” said Pavithra R., a nonmigratory of Arekere.
Another commuter Prasad V. Kumar, who uses Bannerghatta Road daily, said the alteration was agelong overdue. “The metro is simply a large nationalist project, and it was achy to spot the country beneath it treated similar a landfill,” helium added.
The 21.3-km Pink Line is simply a cardinal constituent of Phase 2 of Namma Metro’s expansion, planned to link Kalena Agrahara successful the southbound to Nagawara successful the north, creating a important north–south transit corridor. Of the full stretch, 13.8 km volition tally underground, portion the remaining 7.5 km volition beryllium connected an elevated viaduct.
