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Bangalore, in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka, is the 5th largest city in India (with a population of 5.7million in the metropolitan area and about 4.2m within the city limits). It is also the high-tech capital of India with possibly the largest concentration of IT professionals in the world outside the Bay Area in California. Some details for a proposed metro for the Indian city of Bangalore were announced in August 2002. The initially proposed system with a total length of 30 km, and two lines each approx. 15 km in length, was complemented in May 2008, with an extension of the North-South Corridor by about 8.2 km. The approximate lengths of the lines (with this extension) are: East-West
Line: 18.1 km (3.4 km underground) Underground sections 6.70 km; at grade section: 0.65 km; elevated sections: 34.55 km Construction started in spring 2007 on the elevated section from M.G. Road to Byappanahalli. |
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Namma Metro - BMRCL (Official Website) |
Thanks to Sridhar Narayanan!