Bangalore to have a monorail too – Chief Minister

Bangalore will soon get a monorail along with the metro rail system that was recently cleared by the Federal Government.

Disclosing this to reporters, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the State Government had decided to introduce a monorail network from Kanakapura road on the outskirts of the City to the Majestic area in the heart of the City, covering 18 kms in the first phase.

“Work on the monorail network would commence on August 15 to complement the proposed metro rail project”, he told reporters and added that the 18-km-long monorail network will be in place within a year. Kumaraswamy also assured that the monorail network will in no way affect the metro rail project or disturb its alignment.

Planned as a feeder service to the 36.5 km-long metro rail project, the monorail, when completed, will run along a total of 95 kms through the City. “The plan is to provide an integrated transport system to the six million people of Bangalore and check the growth of private vehicles”, the Chief Minister said.

While the Rs 63 billion metro rail project will operate within the City, the monorail, estimated to cost around Rs 40 billion, will connect the suburbs to the City.