BENGALURU: The Railway Board recently responded to the Detailed Project Report submitted by Bengaluru Division for one corridor of the Rs 23,000-crore Circular Railway network, by asking it to first complete the Final Location Survey (FLS) for all seven corridors. The 287-km network is aimed at increasing Bengaluru’s rail capacity and decongesting train traffic.
The FLS is the final stage of any survey, and outlines detailed plans accurately, marking the alignment, precise locations and grades of the project. This is followed by the Detailed Project Report (DPR) and then construction commences.
The proposed project is one of the biggest circular networks in the country and will cover the outskirts of Bengaluru by connecting Heelalige, Solur, Malur, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur and Nidavanda.
Divisional Railway Manager Amitesh Kumar Sinha told TNIE that the division had submitted the FLS followed by the DPR for one corridor to the Board, by the end of last year. “The DPR had exhaustive information on the corridor from Devanahalli to Oddarahalli, running 28.5km. We were awaiting the nod from the Railway Board in this connection,” he said.
The Board has now asked the division to complete the FLS for the remaining six corridors of the project before proceeding with the single corridor. “It is a circular rail and unless all the corridors are completed, the project would anyway be incomplete,” the DRM explained.
Another official said the second phase of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project, which will run 146km, will be integrated with the Circular Rail project. “BSRP Phase-2 comprises extensions to Phase-I of the Suburban Rail project,” he explained.
other six corridors
Nidavanda - Oddarahalli 40.3km
Devanahalli-Malur 46.5km
Malur - Heelalige 52km
Heelalige - Hejjala 42km
Hejjala - Solur 43.5km
Solur - Nidavanda 34.2km