CM Yediyurappa flags off extended metro rail service in Bengaluru | Details Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday flagged off the 6.3 km extended stretch of metro rail in the city's southern suburbs. By IANS Karnataka cabinet expansion: Seven new ministers swear-in at Bengaluru's Raj Bhavan Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Thursday flagged off the 6.3 km extended stretch of metro rail in the city's southern suburbs. "The service, available for public from Friday, has been extended from Yelachanahalli to Anjanapura on the north-south corridor (green line) and has 5 stations," an official of the state-run Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) told IANS.