Bengaluru

KarnatakaHome Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said that a DPR for the proposed Madavara (Bengaluru)-Tumakuru Metro Rail project would be placed before the Cabinet for discussion and further decision-making.

He was speaking to reporters after receiving the Detailed Project Report (DPR) report for the Madavara-Tumakuru Metro Rail project at Vidhana Soudha in the presence of Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Home Department Additional Chief Secretary Tushar Girinath and senior officials of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). The distance between Madavara and Tumakuru Metro Rail project is approximately 50 km. For a long time, efforts had been underway, Parameshwara, who is Tumakuru district in charge minister said, while explaining the progress of the project.

“The CM had earlier said that we would conduct a feasibility study and examine it. Accordingly, around Rs 3.5 crore was spent, and a Hyderabad-based company conducted the feasibility study and submitted it to the government. They strongly stated in the report that it could be done,” he said.

The minister said discussions were subsequently held on preparing the DPR and a tender was floated through the metro authorities for the same. “They prepared the DPR, held discussions at their level, and submitted it to the government today,” he said. “The government is preparing a proposal to execute it under the PPP model. The estimated cost is around Rs 20,000 crore,” Parameshwara said. He added that the report contains detailed aspects, including the number and location of stations and the alignment along the National Highway corridor. “It will be placed before the Cabinet, after which Expressions of Interest will be invited and tenders will be floated. The process will then begin. We do not yet know who will qualify or who will apply,” he said.