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Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has proposed a 60km extension to Tumakuru, aiming to be the state's first inter-district Metro corridor. The project, estimated at Rs 18,000-20,000 crore, plans 16 stations and aims to reduce travel time to one hour, with an estimated daily ridership of 3 lakh.

Bengaluru's upcoming Blue Line Metro could run entirely on solar power, a study by IISc's Sustainable Transportation Lab reveals. Land owned by BMRCL is sufficient for solar panel installation across stations, viaducts, and depots. This initiative promises significant annual savings, with a payback period of under two years, making it a financially sound infrastructure investment.

Bengaluru is under a yellow alert for Friday's intense rainfall and thunderstorms after pre-monsoon showers on Thursday evening caused widespread disruptions. Heavy rain, hail, and gusty winds flooded roads, uprooted trees, and halted Metro services, leaving commuters stranded amidst significant traffic snarls.

India's infrastructure boom is redefining luxury real estate, with connectivity and smart city projects now paramount. Bengaluru's luxury market is booming, driven by metro expansion and commercial growth, with luxury launches surpassing mid-segment ones. Future value hinges on integration into a well-connected, future-ready city.

Karnataka High Court strongly rebuked a social media content creator accused of secretly filming women on namma metro trains. The court refused to quash criminal proceedings against BK Diganth, an accountant, who shared videos of women without consent on Instagram and Telegram. Justice M Nagaprasanna emphasized that such actions constitute privacy invasion and harassment, not legitimate surveillance.

Bengaluru's roads are witnessing a surge in two-wheelers, with 1,400 new bikes and scooters added daily. This trend, driven by high public transport costs and last-mile connectivity issues, means two-wheelers now dominate nearly 70% of city traffic. Experts predict the number of two-wheelers will reach one crore within three years, highlighting their essential role in daily commutes.

On a lively Sunday night, namma metro's Green Line was thrown into chaos as a group of eleven spirited youths was detained for their exuberant antics.

namma metro users can purchase single-journey mobile QR tickets through Paytm and Yatra mobile applications from Thursday. Commuters can generate them by specifying the entry and destination stations on these two apps.

After namma metro service added six-coach train, the positive result has been seen within a week, with namma metro earning Rs 1,30,61,151 in a single day, on Monday, Jul 2nd.

The wait for the full scale and reach of namma metro operations just got longer. The September 2015 deadline for the completion of the entire Phase I was put off to the first quarter of 2016. BMRCL has blamed it on tunnel boring machines running into boulders, slowing down work around Majestic.

A car was damaged after it hit a barricade at a namma metro construction site near Karthiknagar, Doddanekkundi junction, towards Mahadevapura on Outer Ring Road on Sunday.

Around 2,000 namma metro passengers used QR-code ticketing on Tuesday when the service was launched.

namma metro services between Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station, Majestic and Mysuru Road on Purple Line in Kernataka capital Bengaluru will be suspended from March 21 to 28.