Tender floated for Mallige corridor of suburban rail project

Network is expected to benefit 2.03 lakh people

The Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (K-RIDE) has floated a tender for civil works on the Baiyappanahalli- Chikkabanavara stretch or Mallige corridor of the suburban rail network. The total length of the network is 25 km with 14 stations on the alignment. The authorities estimate that once completed, it will benefit 2.03 lakh people.

The stations in the network are: Benniganahalli, Kasturinagar, Sevanagar, Banasawadi, Kaverinagar, Nagawara, Kanakanagar, Hebbal, Lottegollahalli, Yeshwanthpur, Jalahalli, Shettihalli, Myadarahalli and Chikkabanawara.

The tender, which has been floated over a year after the project was approved, does not include the construction of stations. K -RIDE Managing Director Amit Garg said that they are also consulting with other agencies for the finalisation of station designs for which a tender will be floated at a later stage. “We had multiple discussions on station planning and going into detail on the design. There is a need to integrate the stations with the other modes of transport.”