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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) launched a week-long run for an inter-State metro from Bengaluru to Hosur, demanding hold of the metro task from Attibele to Hosur. The enactment has initiated a civic nine run till January 20, erstwhile the enactment volition organise a nationalist meeting.
Addressing the media, R. Badri, State Committee subordinate of CPI (M) said, successful September 2025, an inter-State metro obstruction from Bommasandra to Hosur was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi portion inaugurating the yellowish line. At that time, Tamil Nadu had agreed to carnivore the expenditure for the 11 km hold from Bengaluru to Hosur.
“However, it had been stated that the Bengaluru’s Namma Metro and Chennai Metro Rail Limited operated connected antithetic method frequencies and hence it was not feasible for the metro nexus from Attibele to Hosur. This was a flimsy excuse fixed the emerging technologies,” said Mr. Badri.
He added that 1.3 lakh radical commute betwixt the State borders and Hosur has the 2nd highest fig of commuters, adjacent to Chennai, which makes this a profitable model. Further, the fig of Highway casualties were besides the highest, making a metro nexus imperative. “If an planetary airdrome is seen arsenic a necessity for Hosur, these 3 demands volition lone necessitate a fraction of the outgo to beryllium implemented,” Mr. Badri said.
In addition, the fig of rider trains betwixt Hosur and Bengaluru, which is presently one, should beryllium accrued to easiness congestion. There are presently 3,000 passengers utilizing the rider bid and a azygous bid is insufficient to accommodate the demand. The enactment besides demanded that Jolarpet-Krishnagiri Hosur obstruction enactment beryllium acceptable up for connectivity to Chennai.
The 3 demands volition beryllium pushed done the Party’s Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan, who was a subordinate of the Parliamentary Standing Committee.
On January 20, a two-wheeler rally volition beryllium flagged disconnected from the inter-State borderline astatine Zuzuvadi to Ram Nagar, followed by a nationalist gathering successful which R. Sachidanandam, MP, Dindugal, volition instrumentality part.
There volition beryllium a sustained run successful Hosur till January 20 to make consciousness among the nationalist connected the value of these demands.
The enactment volition conscionable with nonmigratory payment associations, commercialized unions, rider payment relation and civilian nine groups to mobilise nationalist rallying.
