BMRCL has charted its second phase plans & likely to be around Rs 18,000 Cr

Bangalore: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited has planned The second phase of Bangalore Metro. It will have a distance of 80 km and the cost is likely to be around Rs 18,000 crore.

The DPR for the second phase of Bangalore Metro is presently under preparation by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL).

They are expected to submit the report in the next two months. Once the government accepts the report, a decision will be taken on when to start the work

The BMRCL, as part of the second phase, is planning to take up the work between Byappanahalli, and Electronics City and Whitefield. These two lines are the busiest routes presently and connect the city centre with the IT hubs.

Presently, the BMRCL is implementing the 42.5 km-long phase-1. The first reach, between Byappanahalli and Cricket Stadium on M G Road, will be completed by December 20, 2010, and it is left to both the Centre and state governments to decide the date of its launch.

The work on the underground tunnel on the underground section 2 will commence by January. The project implementing agency, the consortium of CEC and Soma, is presently waiting for the arrival of tunnel boring machines from Hitachi of Japan. The machine is under shipment and will arrive in Bangalore by the end of December.