metro rail

The IRR line, if built, could achieve a 77% increase in Metro’s ridership. Bengaluru citizen Lohith Kumar proposes an efficient layout

After protests, BBMP was forced to revise several restrictions on Ganesha Chathurthi celebrations. Read more in our weekly news roundup

As the BBMP Council’s term ended on Thursday, the state government has appointed an administrator who will now decide on all affairs of the city. Catch up on this and other news from the past week, in our roundup.

Many global cities have been able to run their train services without COVID transmission in the last few months. But they also seem to have taken more precautions than Namma Metro has.

Though its COVID case count is rising steadily, Bengaluru is gearing up for reopening of colleges and resumption of Metro services. Read more in our weekly news roundup.

Electricity tariff hiked, work on the Vellara Junction-Pottery Town Metro line starts, traffic police gets prepared to tackle eventualities during monsoon – read more on what happened in Bengaluru this week

Voter turnout in Bengaluru lower than in 2014 elections, High Court upholds state government’s decision to increase minimum wages in 34 industries, properties being acquired for Metro ORR line – read more on what happened in Bengaluru over the past week

Hundreds of trees in Bengaluru are being felled for Metro rail, but compensatory saplings are often planted outside the city, or maybe never. Officials do not keep track of the saplings or ensure their survival either

Implementing infrastructure projects in limited space is a challenge and felling trees down is tragically the side effect of development. So what’s the solution?