It was chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's great wish to launch the metro on Ugadi, the new year of Karnataka, on April 4. That never materialised. Now he wants it on Ganesha Chaturthi on September 12, which is just 68 days away.
Speaking in New Delhi on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said he would formally invite prime minister Manmohan Singh to flag off the Metro after talks over coal allocation for power projects in Karnataka.
The chief minister's informal announcement makes one wonder whether Metro is going to miss the deadline again or it will get more time to complete all formalities before the inaugural run.
The Railway Design and Standard Operations completed its safety trials in the third week of June.
After the submission of the trial report, it will approach the commissioner for railway safety to inspect the project. The state and the Centre will then decide on the new inaugural date proposed by Yeddyurappa.
Metro sources say that Mahatma Gandhi station on MG Road and Swami Vivekananda station on Old Madras Road are gaining more importance because they are off the road. Byappanahalli station is inside the depot and CMH, Halasuru and Trinity stations are all on the road surrounded by tall buildings on both sides.
Mahatma Gandhi and Old Madras Road stations are not ready yet. Even the results of the competition for students on ways to beautify the two stations and the roads below have not been announced yet. However, the BMRCL has taken a few ideas from the contestants and started work on the medians.
"Works on all stations are almost over. Only finishing touches need to be done. Service trials for the five trains are going on. But I am unaware about the chief minister's statement in New Delhi," said BLY Chavan, BMRCL's spokesman.
According to another source, all works will be completed by the end of August.
Speaking in New Delhi on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said he would formally invite prime minister Manmohan Singh to flag off the Metro after talks over coal allocation for power projects in Karnataka.
The chief minister's informal announcement makes one wonder whether Metro is going to miss the deadline again or it will get more time to complete all formalities before the inaugural run.
The Railway Design and Standard Operations completed its safety trials in the third week of June.
After the submission of the trial report, it will approach the commissioner for railway safety to inspect the project. The state and the Centre will then decide on the new inaugural date proposed by Yeddyurappa.
Metro sources say that Mahatma Gandhi station on MG Road and Swami Vivekananda station on Old Madras Road are gaining more importance because they are off the road. Byappanahalli station is inside the depot and CMH, Halasuru and Trinity stations are all on the road surrounded by tall buildings on both sides.
Mahatma Gandhi and Old Madras Road stations are not ready yet. Even the results of the competition for students on ways to beautify the two stations and the roads below have not been announced yet. However, the BMRCL has taken a few ideas from the contestants and started work on the medians.
"Works on all stations are almost over. Only finishing touches need to be done. Service trials for the five trains are going on. But I am unaware about the chief minister's statement in New Delhi," said BLY Chavan, BMRCL's spokesman.
According to another source, all works will be completed by the end of August.
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