Mysore Urban Development Authority has announced after a meeting in April 2005 that the officials of the Mass Rapid Transport System, who were giving shape to the Bangalore Metro, would be requested to conduct a survey and submit a report within 3 months to 4 months, after the state government cleared the proposal.

BJP MP Mr CH Vijayashankar is confident of pushing the Mysore Metro proposal further from there. He has asked the MUDA not to delay any more in initiating the proposal.

Mr Vijayashankar said that "MUDA has not taken any action so far on the Metro proposal. Metro or mono, it should identify the land and notify the same now alone, so that there should be no problem for land for a city rail system later. We will discuss the Mysore Metro also at this meeting and request the Government to give a green signal for the survey, so that the work begins in a year."

Criticizing the indifferent attitude of the MUDA officials in responding to the local aspirations on projects like Metro, peripheral ring road and identifying land for bus stands around the city, he said that "We have our own government in the state now. They cannot continue to be indifferent towards development projects. They have to give top priority for their execution."

Mr Vijayashankar claimed that because of his initiatives more funds had come for the Mandakalli Airport development, rail-track doubling between Bangalore Mysore and creation of additional platforms and modernization of the Mysore Railway Station.