BMRCL Rethinks Rs 9,700 Crore Double-Decker Plan to Tackle Gridlock

The BMRCL Board is set to review a proposal to modify the Namma Metro Phase III Orange Line's double-decker flyover project. Based on feasibility studies by IISc and RITES, the continuous 37 km integrated road-and-rail plan is likely to be scaled down. Instead of a uniform double-decker system—previously estimated at Rs 9,700 crore—planners will focus on shorter elevated road stretches at critical congested junctions to optimize capital expenditure and target major traffic bottlenecks more efficiently.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.