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Many have also appreciated the authorities for paying heed to the public’s request to begin passenger operations immediately and doing away with the need for a formal inauguration. In a one-page letter dated October 8, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) asked the Karnataka government to open the two stretches for passenger operations starting from October 9 morning without conducting a formal or informal inauguration.

The entire Purple Line of Namma Metro in Bengaluru will be opened for commercial operations. The missing links along the corridor will be commissioned

Services to start at 5 am from all terminal stations. Services in these 2 stretches were long-pending demand of commuters who ran several online campaigns

The 2.1-km Baiyappanahalli-KR Pura and 2.05-km Kengeri-Challaghatta sections will open to the public, they part of the Bengaluru Metros Purple Line, which will stretch from Whitefield to Challaghatta.

The entire Bengaluru Metro network will cover 72.85 km, making it the second-largest metro system in India after Delhi Metro's 350.2 km.