BMRCL Ph II DPR route?

@srinidhi :   Your map is fairly accurate enough...A good one is available on BMLTA 's website based on CTTP

http://map.bmlta.org/map....

The BMLTA map extends the lines all the way from suranjan das road-Airport junction till whitefield and looping back to ITPL.

And also the Kathriguppe line, cuts/joins the phase-1 E-W line at Deepanjali Nagar making the entire line almost a circle.

vinod

Let me call the phase-1

1.EW line as line 1( Violet line)

2.NS as line-2 ( Green line)

The new lines possibly for phase-2 from

1.Yelahanka to E-city as line 3( blue line)

2.Kathriguppe -Old Airport-ITPL line 4(yellow line)

From the various maps, discussions on praja i see a few issues in the alignment of line 3 in the shivajinagar-tannery road section alignment, which i'm very familiar with..

1.  I saw soil testing happening on Nethaji Road, this road runs parallel, to the IR lines, if CRS becomes a reality then this alignment need to shifted closer to mosque road .  Also the population density along Nethaji road is muted. 

2.From shivajinagar along jumma masjid road the lines pass through the chandi chowk of bangalore, so this has to go underground, a big nightmare! considering the  road is narrow than CMH, along with old traders, who have been there from the times of British raj.

My options for line 3 of this particular section would be..

a)M.G.Road-Central Street-Shivajinagar Bus station-Jumma Masjid road-Haines road-take right onto Johns Church road- take left into coles road-right-left-Mosque road-take right near the mosque-join tannery road.

b)M.G.Road-Central Street-Shivajinagar Bus station -Right at bowring- reach Safina plaza-left-right-left-commercial street entrance- kamaraj road-Thomas cafe-Komala restuarant junction-left-Coles road-right-Mosque road-tannery road.

Option B will avoid going undergound through the chandi chowk of bangalore.  In terms of rideship numbers Option A will be the best, and we need to go tunneling the line.

vinod

For example, as Sri pointed out, what about the ring road stretch btw sarjapur road and Marathahalli?

Most of North Bangalore is also not covered. One has to go to Yeswantpur or Malleshwaram for any train. This is where the circular railway would have helped connect Yeswantpur & Byapanahalli without having to build newly. I see SWR creating a decent entrance to Hebbal station on the ring road side. Hope its a sign of things to come. But frequency and rolling stock will still be dissapointing.

 Naveen,

I assume that Ph-2 is still to be finalized.  With that caveat, here goes.

I don't understand the principle of putting two "plus (+)" signs offset a bit as the Metro plan.  I would have preferred it if the second + sign was tilted at 30 or 45 deg to the first.  

I am amazed that E-City is not part of the plan.  It maybe that the elevated road operator does not want the Metro as competition. 

Also the turn onto Suranjan Das can be avoided and the Metro can  continue onto Varthur Road and reach ITPL.  Far more apartments along that road.  

As you have said - if this is the plan it is to add tracks with minimum disruption and hopefully get the people to come using buses.

Srivathsa

 I did not see any drilling and sampling happening along the Kundalahalli-AECS-Hoody road.  Hence I am not sure if this alignment is under consideration at all.

http://www.deccanchronicl...

Once complete, a proposed new alignment by Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation from IIM-B to Nagavara could cut through the congestion that currently plagues commuters attempting to negotiate Bannerghatta Road, Shivajinagar, Tannery Road and Nagavara.

As Phase 1 gathers steam, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has approved the new 21.1 km metro line, estimated to cost a whopping Rs 5,421 crore.

The work will be taken up along with metro phase 2, which is the extension of East-West and North-South corridors. The state’s high-powered committee has also approved the extension of metro alignment from Hesaraghatta cross to Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre in North and up to Puttenahalli in the South, Kengeri in the West to ITPL in the East.

The RV Road : e-City route talk is just premature speculation. Like srinidhi mentions, it may be due to polical factors that a such a route is being studied, but unless the surveys back that up with significant traffic projections, it won't happen. Decisions change a lot during the feasibility study as we have been seeing for phase 2 which is still evolving - if it was completely nailed down, we would have seen an official announcement rather than just these inside leaks that Deccan Chronicle seems to manage (good for them).

they will encroach on Lalbaugh more now

I believe the route is intended to commence at RV terminal for EC - Lalbagh may not be effected.

 Blrsri,

The route could very well be from RV Road station (40th cross) to E-City via BTM Layout and Silkboard.  In which case Lalbagh will not need to be touched.

Srivathsa

Hello All,

Iam trying to purchase a property near old madras road OMR in paylayout about 50 metres from old madras road (OMR).  I got news that phase 2 will start from Baiyappanahalli to Whitefield.

Iam worried if metro phase2 will cut through. I tried to find information everywhere, but could find little.

With the images given here, im not able to conclude. Kindly help where can i get this info.

Best Regards/ vivek

Hello All,

I am new here and trying to get information on the status of Metro alignment turning left at Rajalaxmi Kalyana Mantap Junction leading to Silk board.

I am one of the residents among the 16 houses effected under thier proposed alignment, cutting through my house (4th house from the corner. From the information we have as on yesterday is that six houses on 5th main road, 4-6 houses on the 6th ain road and 2-3 houses on the 46th cross is confirmed to be part of their plan.

Markings in blue color with Pier no has been done all through the park leading to my property . Unfortunatly no confirmation from BMRCL as yet, apart from survey engineers orally confirming that its been finalized.

We (16 residents) have submitted a representative letter Dt.17th May 2012 to the Managing Director seeking confirmation with possible multiple options which can save all the houses, sadly no response.

Seek advice on how do we take this forward, either to get required confirmation or to seek information on possible alternatives that can be considered.

Most of the residents are retired and staying here from 40-50 years with joint familites (2-3 families) under one roof. Componsation I hear is on SR guidance value, all of us are confused and worried as to what will happen.

Requesting people in this forum to advice on how do we take this forward towards saving our homes, planned to gather all the affected residents on the 17th Sunday to chalk out our plan of action.

- RTI for required information,

- Sound advocate who can represent all of us,

- Follow up second letter of representation to the MD, BMRCL to look into possible options leading to saving our homes. 

Eagerly look forward for comments / advice 

Have a nice day.

Warm Regards

SK

@Srinidhi, thank you for your valued inputs. Now we have the Jayanagar Residents Association involved in this and preparing a paln of action to make our joint representation through this association, addressed to Metro MD, and all the relevent Govt Admenstrative office and political members in seat.

As we understand that this is still not finalized (not reached the Land Aquasition department)  and high level meeting at Delhi is pending for approval, see a ray of hope that some changes can be considered before its finalized. more over last information from Metro office was that there are possible alternatives considered.

So hoping for the best in order to save our Homes, parks and many trees.

Regards

Sathya