Majestic to have metro station
The BMRCL has come up with a metro project, Majestic interchange station, where north-south and east-west corridors of Namma Metro will intersect.
The Bangalore metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has set a budget of Rs 277 crore for the project.
As per plan, there will be two level underground stations, the east-west corridor will be 12 metres below ground level, while the north-south line will be 20 metres below ground level.
They are planning for five entrances for the station- two from Shantala Threatre including a subway, one from Dhanavantari Road and two from the existing KSRTC side.
The interchange station can be easily accessed by denizens travelling in KSRTC, BMTC or the railways, which are located very close to the station. The safety of passengers at the interchange is topmost work for BMRCL, they have to make sure that air-conditioning system and ventilation works properly.
The construction work at Majestic is progressing as per schedule. The interchange station is expected to get completed by 2014. BMRCL has aqcuired land from KSRTC to acrry out the metro work. Now they are using 20.23 acres of land for the job, once the work gets completed it will retain only seven acres of land and the remaining land will be handed over to KSRTC.
The construction work at majestic is crucial for many reasons. Two imported tunnel boring machiens have started their journey of tunnelling from the same place. Both the machines have successfully tunneled till the Vidhana Soudha metro underground station and are now proceeding towards Minsk Square.
On the other hand, two other tunnel boring machines, which were proceeding from KR Market, will reach the Majestic station soon to continue operations towards Sampige Road in Malleswaram.
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