Tamil Nadu’s industrial city Hosur, which shares its border with Bengaluru, could benefit greatly if the Karnataka government decides to extend the Bengaluru Metro Rail project ‘Namma Metro’ by an additional 20 km.
A meeting was held recently between Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha member A Chellakumar, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah to discuss the merits of the proposal. Bommai responded positively to the conduct of a fact-finding report on the proposal.
Suburban rail expert Sanjeev Daymannavar believes that any form of transport should blur the geographical lines and be planned in the interest of the country. Pointing out how NCR, Noida and Faridabad are connected through suburban rail, where the center also plays an important role in providing funds for this connectivity, Dynamnavar feels that a suburban rail system is cheaper and cheaper than metro rail. Will be more connected.
“One major thing that is missing is that there is already an existing suburban rail system that connects Hosur to all parts of Bengaluru. Modernizing and upgrading the system would be more cost-effective than expanding the metro. The government may also consider the construction of suburban rail like Mumbai local trains.
With Tamil Nadu positioning the city as an electronics manufacturing and electric mobility hub, the “last-mile connectivity” of Karnataka’s Namma Metro (our metro) between Hosur and Bengaluru could prove beneficial for both the states. Experts say that on an average 10 to 15 thousand workers travel between Hosur and Bengaluru on a daily basis.
Hosur is fast developing into a nerve center for Electric Vehicle (EV) engineering and Hosur houses over 4,000 MSMEs. Domestic industry giants such as TVS Motors, Ashok Leyland, Tata Electronics and Taiwan’s Delta Electronics have set up large-scale manufacturing units in Hosur and Krishnagiri with their operations and communications offices in Bengaluru.
“Tata is investing Rs 7,000 crore in building a vast electronic ecosystem under the Central Government Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) in Hosur among other components, Apple Inc. Including will manufacture platforms for smartphones. Deccan Herald.
Heavy and long travel hours and rising house rents have also forced professionals to look at Hosur as a destination for those coming to Bengaluru to live and work. The satellite town of Hosur is also a preferred destination for housing thousands of employees working in the Electronic City, Bommasandra and Etibele industrial areas of Bengaluru.
Human resources director Kamal Sahdev, who works with Taiwan-based Delta Electronics, lives in Bengaluru’s Electronic City and frequently visits the company’s manufacturing plant in Krishnagiri.
“It takes me an average of 2 hours to reach the plant by road. I believe rail connectivity like metro will be a great initiative and will help in reducing my travel time and fatigue.
Srinivas Alvalli is a former technocrat and now head of citizen participation at the non-profit Janaagraha. “Hosur is a buzzing suburban city of Bengaluru like Tumukuru. Now that KRIDE has started working on suburban trains, it makes more sense to prefer suburban trains over metro for Bengaluru-Hosuru and beyond. “The suburban train connects to all parts of Bengaluru and integrates with the metro as well as within the city. For a mega-metropolis like Bengaluru, we need all forms of mass transport- bus, train and metro.
As per the plan of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), the Yellow Metro Line has 16 stations, starting at Rashtriya Vidyalaya (RV) Road in South Bengaluru and ending at Bommasandra, located next to Electronic City, which is a major IT / BT is. The cost of the Cluster Yellow Line project in Bengaluru is estimated to be around Rs 1,308 crore.
CM Bommai has promised Chellakumar that his government will give due consideration to the proposal and he will consult officials of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) on its feasibility.
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