Bangalore metro
For 2013-14, The Bangalore Circle of State Bank of India (SBI) has crossed Rs 14,800 crore in home loans depicting 20% growth in sanctions during the year. Against Rs 4,000 crore in the previous fiscal, for the year, the Bank has sanctioned Rs 4,800 crore in home loans. Ashwini Mehra, chief general manager, SBI alleged [...] Continue Reading »
The decision to change the alignment of proposed metro line along Bannerghatta road has been taken by a high-powered committee in March. The said change of alignment will affect Infosys office, a mall and other 95 properties apart from 160 apartments. Earlier it was proposed to have interchange facility between two lines, RV Road-Bommasandra and [...] Continue Reading »
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 [...] Continue Reading »
Good news for people who are planning to watch IPL match today. The metro train services have been extended from 10 pm to 11:30 pm. The trains will operate at a frequency of 15 minutes. The last train will leave Byappanahalli at 11:10 pm to MG Road and will leave MG Road at 11.30pm to [...] Continue Reading »
Because of narrow road, criss-crossing traffic and lack of footpaths, pedestrians have to be careful while walking under the Vijaynagar Metro work site, as they may get hit by vehicles anytime. The list goes on. Motorists and pedestrians also have to be alert to ensure that on the look out for nuts, bolts, tools and [...] Continue Reading »
Indian Railways passengers may catch Metro train at the Baiyyappanahalli station if all goes well as per the plans of Legislative Council. If sources are to be believed, the head of Joint legislature Committee on Railways, Mr Shankaramurthy would call up for a meeting of stake holders to deliberate on the measures to provide Railway-Metro [...] Continue Reading »
Earlier, the western parts of Bangalore were noted for thickly populated residential layouts and industrial zones beyond. There was no development happening on the road to Mysore leading out of the city but today the belt is covered with innumerable realty developments with a spot of vacant land in sight. The factors that improved the [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore Metro Rail Corp. Ltd (BMRCL) has finalized its plans to build an office complex in the two acres of their land along SV Road. Although this land was recently put up for a bid, there were not many taker and the ones who bid were scrapped by BMRCL If sources are to be believed, [...] Continue Reading »
The French Embassy and French development agency, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) has signed an agreement with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) for providing Euro 110 million (about Rs 787 crore) finance to Bangalore Metro project. They signed a project Financing Agreement this week. The financing has been earmarked for a long term Credit [...] Continue Reading »
Residents living on the stretch of road from Maruthi Mandir to Vijaynagar are facing difficulties because of the metro work which began three years ago. Despite being one of the busiest roads in the area, it is filled with potholes that makes the life of the commuters miserable. The people staying in and around this [...] Continue Reading »
