Bengaluru: Both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments are planning to extend the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) line up to Hosur which is 8.8 kilometres from the City border into State of Tamil Nadu.
The initiation taken by the Krishnagiri MP Dr. A. Chellakumar through sending proposal to bring the Namma Metro to Tamil Nadu has been immediately acted upon by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. The Tamil Nadu Government has been permitted by Karnataka to conduct the survey to this effect.
The proposal to the Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was sent by State Government. On March 21, Minister Singh convened a meeting in Pune, Maharasthra about the feasibility of the extension of the line from Bommasandra to Hosur in Tamil Nadu, a distance of 20.5 kilometres. 8.8 kilometres of this stretch falls under Tamil Nadu political jurisdiction and 11.7 kilometres in State.
In this regard the BMRCL has outlined the investment, technical details and profit-sharing model. In a letter, CM Bommai has approved the proposal, noting that “the Tamil Nadu Government can conduct the study for the line between Bommasandra and Hosur” –
Following the letter of Dr. Chellakumar, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai permitted the Tamil Nadu Government to take up a study on the pros and cons of the proposals and arrive at interstate modalities to draw a line of estimation. This is one of the first interstate metro projects in India which will transform the Bommasandra-Hosur stretch into an infra corridor.
