Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and flagged off the 7.5 km elevated section of the Namma Metro Pink Line on Friday and rode the corridor with state leaders.
- The elevated stretch covers six stations, cost about Rs 3,470 crore to build and will run initial services at roughly eight‑minute intervals using five trains.
- Authorities scheduled public operations to start at 6:00 AM on November 14 after CMRS clearance and testing of the elevated segment.
- Mr Modi dedicated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 15,600 crore across transport, renewable transmission, LPG storage, railway upgrades and a Vande Bharat service.
- Tight SPG and police security measures including a temporary one‑kilometre no‑fly zone were in place for the visit, and a public dispute over Metro funding persists after Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda’s 84:16 claim was contested by BJP leaders who cite different accounting of foreign loans; the remaining 13.76 km underground section targets 2027 completion.