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Metro’s green shoots to sprout on Army land ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 06:00 IST BMRCL draws up plan to plant 4,990 saplings, uploads details on its website The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL), which recently received approvals for axing 499 trees in four different locations for the Phase II Metro project, will be taking up compensatory plantation mostly on Army land, documents show. The BMRCL’s newly-formed social and environment wing has drawn up a plan to plant 4,990 saplings in May and June this year. Documents show that City-based Nurseryme...

“We have ensured all the doors to the shaft area are locked all the time,” a senior BMRCL official said, adding the corporation is fully cooperating with the police during the ongoing investigation. “All the signages that have been provided in the Metro station are written both Kannada and English,” he said.

Metro green line will get a buddy for Peenya depot Metro green line will get a buddy for Peenya depot ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 06:00 IST 900 acres have been earmarked for Anjanapura depot, proposed in 2009 City-based BSR Infratech Private Ltd has emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing Namma Metro’s Anjanapura depot on the Green Line, which connects Nagasandra Metro station with the recently-inaugurated Silk Institute stretch. Tenders for the depot work were invited in October last year. Sources in the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) sai...

Metro will keep off bus priority lane Metro will keep off bus priority lane ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST BMRCL plans to retain lane when it begins work between KR Puram & Much to the relief of bus users, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has no plans to bulldoze the city’s first bus priority lane ( BPL) which was rolled out on the Outer Ring Road ( ORR) a few months ago. Officials said the dedicated lane of buses between KR Puram and Central Silk Board would be retained as much as possible when the construction of Metro begins.

Shoot ’em up saplings planted nearby as ‘compensation’ The Tree Officer and Deputy Conservator of Forests Bengaluru Urban Division have given permission to the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited ( BMRCL) to remove 52 trees by way of translocation and cut down 39 trees to make way for the metro work. The same authority granted permission via an order on March 2 to remove 20 trees to facilitate the formation of new road, five trees for the construction of a retaining wall at the entry point of the Benniganahalli Lake bund, 42 trees for the construction of diaphragm wall for remain...