It is reported that the Karnataka government has recently appointed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation as the consultant for the Phase II of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation's metro rail project. The DMRC is expected to submit the detailed project report within 8 months.
Even as the route alignment will have to be decided by the consultant after going through various issues, the major route on Phase II will be between Peripheral Ring Road and Yelahanka with a changeover at MG Road Station.
The consultant will follow the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Plan for Bangalore prepared by RITES. The CTTP had recommended construction of 2 corridors, one between PRR and Yelahanka and the other between Indiranagar Metro Station and Whitefield Railway Station under Metro Phase II.
Under Phase II, an exclusive corridor will be built connecting PRR and Yelahanka. The existing singular north-south corridor will cater to the western parts of the city between Peenya and Kanakapura Road. The proposed corridor will cover Nagavara, Veerannapalya, Fraser Town and residential, commercial and IT industrial areas along Hosur Road. This corridor will have interchange with the airport metro to provide direct access from south and south-east Bangalore to the airport.
The CTTP among other things had also recommended extension of the north-south Corridor of Phase I up to Peripheral Ring Road from the RV Road Terminal and the east-west corridor up to Benniganahalli from Byappanahalli.
