Bengaluru: Minister of Union Railway Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there was no delay in the Bengaluru Suburban (BSRP) rail project.
Responding to the questions raised by Bengaluru MP Tejasvi Surya and Mysore MP Pratap Sime at Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said, “Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.
(K-Ride), the BSRP implementation agency, is committed to resolving it in a six-year period.” ” About 85% of the land needed to carry out BSRP is available.
The process of obtaining the remaining land is advanced.
Tender for physical work is in a different stage of finalization.
Around Rs 103.8 Crore has been spent on BSRP until January 31, “he said.
“K-Ride has completed preparation activities such as the approval of technical documents, geo-technical investigations, identification of utilities to be shifted, and negotiations for external funds.” He said the mechanism institutionalized the committee -Office consisting of representatives from BMRCL and K-Ride.
Furthermore, Vaishnaw said: “Apart from this, a routine review meeting was also carried out by the Commissioner, the urban and land transportation department (Dult) with Krida.
Progress was also monitored under the umbrella forum ‘Bangalore Mission 2022’ which was formed for comprehensive development.
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In addition, periodic meetings have been held at the peak between CEOs & chairmen, the Railroad Council and Head of Secretary along with representatives from the Karnataka Ministry and the Government to assess progress and intentionally on outstanding problems.
” In October 2020, the CCEA (Cabinet Committee in Economic Affairs) in October gave 148km BSRP sanctions in four corridors.
K-Ride, a JV company from the Karnataka Government (51%) and the Union train Ministry (49%) implemented this project.