A 42 km ‘Namma Metro’ will criss-cross the City on a Phase-1, East-West and North-South corridor in September 2012 at a cost exceeding Rs 8,158 crore. A high-speed train at a cost of Rs 5,767 crore will become a reality in 2011-12 to connect the BRV parade grounds to the Bengaluru International Airport on NH-7 on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis. A 59 km monorail corridor has been identified to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 12,000 crore, on a public-private-partnership (PPP) within the next three years. Join discussion...

The 9km elevated highway by the Bangalore Elevated Tollway Ltd (BETL) is expected to be completed by mid November. When the stretch opens to public it would be the first of its kind in Bangalore. Join discussion...

The five selected consortia in the fray are Reliance, Larsen and Toubro, Siemens/Tata Pioneer Infratech, Lanco and ITD-ITD.CEM. The project will also have a contribution of Rs 1,000 crore from the Government of India through a viability gap funding (VGF) route. It may be recalled that the HSRL project was first cleared by the State cabinet in December 2007 and again in February 2009 at the Belgaum session of the legislature. Join discussion...

The growth of air traffic in India has increased aircraft movement per airport, which in turn, has necessitated an expansion of the capacity of airports or development of new airports. Airport development primarily involves the improvement of the land, as well as air areas and the terminal building. Join discussion...