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Around 1.78 lakh rode the Metro last month; no plans of reintroducing tokens About 35 per cent of the passengers have returned to using Metro services provided by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) compared to the daily 4.5 lakh ridership recorded during the pre-Covid days. On average, 1.55 lakh people travelled every day on the green and purple lines in February, which is the highest ever since the BMRCL resumed operations in September last year. Officials, however, have no immediate plan to re-introduce the token system. According to the ridership figures, the average daily...

Some knotty business at Tin Factory junction Some knotty business at Tin Factory junction ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 06:00 IST After 2 yrs, Metro work begins at the junction; expect a chock-a-block Traffic alert to commuters using the Old Madras Road. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited ( BMRCL) has resumed work on construction of a Metro station after nearly two years, so it is likely to get tough to cross the Tin Factory junction smoothly. We know the stretch is anyway notorious for its traffic, but consider this: For the Metro work, the main carriagew...

BMRCL officials have been waiting for the approval for the last one year. The corporation had even floated tenders for the civil works with the confidencethat the project would be approved in three months but that did not happen.​

Jaywalkers get grilles, because speed thrills Jaywalkers get grilles, because speed thrills ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Feb 1, 2021, 06:00 IST BBMP uses passive-aggressive design to discourage jaywalking near Metro viaducts Pedestrians will not be able to jaywalk across the medians below the Metro viaducts that have come up on the middle of several busy roads in the City. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd ( BMRCL) has started work of installing grilles on the medians of the 42-km Phase I network, following complaints that people are risking their lives to cross the road...

KR Puram-Whitefield Metro is so near and yet so far KR Puram-Whitefield Metro is so near and yet so far ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 28, 2021, 06:49 IST 90% of work is done, but slow pace at two crucial spots is holding up the project Construction work of the elevated Metro corridor between KR Puram and Whitefield is progressing well, and you could even believe that the eastern extension of Purple line will be ready for commissioning in a year’s time. But hold your horses, fellow citizens. Though the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd ( BMRCL) has completed about 90 per...