Railways

After years of public pressure, Bengaluru’s suburban rail project is gradually taking off. But confusion prevails as the project details are still being worked out.

Once the State and Railways get on the same page on suburban rail, it will be a matter of a few months to see real progress. How much time before this happens?

Reaching Carmelaram costs Rs 20 and 105 minutes with 60 minutes of walking, while the return journey costs Rs 402 and 160 minutes!

What made news in Namma Bengaluru last week? From the suburban rail campaign to the CM’s plans for the city upon completion of 100 days in office — catch it all here in our weekly round-up.

For busy readers, start your week with a quick recap of some of the important headlines from your city last week.

A journey that would otherwise take 90 minutes is shortened into 20 minutes, when one takes a train. The city has good number of railway tracks, which need modification and optimum utilisation.

Did you read about the removal of illegal hoardings and resumption of white topping of roads? Here is our weekly round up, if you missed that and other key news from around the city!

In 2014, the state government registered the BSRCL as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the Suburban Railways project. Now the CM has announced another SPV, to be set up within a month to help speed up the project. What’s really happening?

Your chance to catch up on news that matters: Here’s a quick wrap of some important headlines from your city over the week gone by.

Bengaluru airport is ideal for it to be an Entrepôt. This will unclog the city and provide the opportunity to create jobs in the region and living facilities.

As you wind up for the week, take a quick look at some of the headlines that have caught Bengaluru’s attention over the last seven days. Don’t miss the buzz in your city.

Work for suburban rail has begun in Bengaluru. What has been done so far? What remains to be done, how far are we from getting a full-fledged suburban rail network?