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17-tonne road-rail vehicle needed to be lifted off the Metro rail track, which was about 13 meters high, and lowered to the ground using a 250-tonne hydraulic crane.
According to Anjum Parvez, managing director of the BMRCL, the rear wheels of the recovery road rail broke down while conducting trial runs at around 2:30 am on Tuesday.
In the same panel discussion, BS Prahlad, Chief Engineer of Road Infrastructure at Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has said that the BMRCL is committed to reinstalling the bollards on the Outer Ring Road (ORR), which restricted the bus lane.
Commuters of Metro have been urging the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to commence the operations between the 2.1km KR Pura-Baiyappanhalli section of the Purple line as it would be of convenience to passengers who wish to travel beyond Baiyappanahalli. At present, those who want to travel towards Whitefield are required to take the feeder bus services provided by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) between Baiyappanahalli and K R Pura, with the journey connecting the two metro stations spanning close to 30 minutes.
KR Pura - Whitefield Metro section to bring relief to commuters, especially techies headed to areas such as Mahadevapura, ITPB, and Kadugodi.