Karnataka Budget 2025-26: Allocation for Shakti scheme increased to ₹5,300 crore, redevelopment of Kempegowda bus stand
The Hindu
Bengaluru's transportation upgrades include doubling railway lines, digitalizing RTOs, and adding electric and diesel buses to the fleet.
From ₹5,015 crore in 2024-25, the allocation for Shakti scheme has been increased to ₹5,300 crore in the current year, CM Siddaramaiah announced in the Karnataka Budget 2025-26 on March 7, 2025. Under the Project Majestic scheme, in a PPP model, Kempegowda bus stand will be redeveloped with a commercial complex and it will be established as a transport hub.
As 70 km of railway lines are intended to be doubled on the Baiyappanahalli-Hosur and Yeshwantapura-Channasandra routes with a total estimated cost of ₹812 crore, the State government is providing ₹406 crore for the same.
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