Expenditure put at Rs 6,000 cr
To go underground or not If so,where and how long These are the questions that the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) is grappling with as it has got down to the brass tacks of implementing the proposed high speed railway link (HSRL) between Bangalore and the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA).
BMRC has been tasked with implementing the HSRL,which is expected to carry air travellers at speeds up to 155 kmph between the airport and MG Road with two intermediate stations at Hebbal and Yelahanka.
Within two months of being assigned the mission,BMRC has got the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the Delhi Metro.The DPR has estimated the project to cost a whopping Rs6,000 crore.
The HSRL is intended to be an elevated line beginning at MG Road,move up to Raj Bhavan along Cubbon Road,enter Bellary Road and go along the highway up to BIA.
It will come up on the left side of the highway when going towards the airport.We will have to acquire land along the road for the project.Currently,we are looking into the feasibility of the project and decide where it should remain elevated and where it should go underground, said N Sivasailam,managing director,BMRC.
The track will also be laid off the service road.Currently,the only part of HSRL which is certain to be underground is when it approaches the BIA.
A senior BMRC official said that land would be required permanently for stations,while that used to lay the HSRL can be used as public thoroughfare once the project is completed.
ELEVATED ROAD HAS MADE PROVISIONS
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is also building an elevated six-lane expressway along Bellary Road.NHAI regional officer AK Mathur said that the elevated expressway had been designed keeping in mind that the HSRL will come only five meters away and run parallel to it.Mathur ruled out the elevated structures hindering each other in any way.
To go underground or not If so,where and how long These are the questions that the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) is grappling with as it has got down to the brass tacks of implementing the proposed high speed railway link (HSRL) between Bangalore and the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA).
BMRC has been tasked with implementing the HSRL,which is expected to carry air travellers at speeds up to 155 kmph between the airport and MG Road with two intermediate stations at Hebbal and Yelahanka.
Within two months of being assigned the mission,BMRC has got the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the Delhi Metro.The DPR has estimated the project to cost a whopping Rs6,000 crore.
The HSRL is intended to be an elevated line beginning at MG Road,move up to Raj Bhavan along Cubbon Road,enter Bellary Road and go along the highway up to BIA.
It will come up on the left side of the highway when going towards the airport.We will have to acquire land along the road for the project.Currently,we are looking into the feasibility of the project and decide where it should remain elevated and where it should go underground, said N Sivasailam,managing director,BMRC.
The track will also be laid off the service road.Currently,the only part of HSRL which is certain to be underground is when it approaches the BIA.
A senior BMRC official said that land would be required permanently for stations,while that used to lay the HSRL can be used as public thoroughfare once the project is completed.
ELEVATED ROAD HAS MADE PROVISIONS
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is also building an elevated six-lane expressway along Bellary Road.NHAI regional officer AK Mathur said that the elevated expressway had been designed keeping in mind that the HSRL will come only five meters away and run parallel to it.Mathur ruled out the elevated structures hindering each other in any way.
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