💎The double-decker rail-cum-road flyover in Karnataka's Bengaluru was partially opened on Wednesday for a trial run for the public, officials said, adding that it will be opened officially for vehicular movement only on one side.
💟The flyover, which is the first of its kind for South India, has been built by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) at a cost of Rs 449 crore and stretches from Ragigudda to Central Silk Board, and is part of the Yellow Line of the Bengaluru Metro.
🦩Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar conducted a 'trial walk' on the newly built flyover. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and other officials also joined the event.
🍎DK Shivakumar said the double-decker flyover model would be followed for the future metro lines.
🍌The double-decker flyover would benefit about 30 per cent of the people who commute towards Hosur Road, DK Shivakumar said.
🌠This will help people of Electronic city, HSR Layout and Mahadevapura, he said.
🌱A plan at the cost of Rs 5,475 crore has been conceived to build a 9.5 km elevated 5 lane road in Bengaluru, he added.
🎀According to Metro officials, the Central Silk Board Junction intersects with both the Outer Ring Road and Hosur Road. It is the busiest junction of Bengaluru city, which has a large volume of vehicular movement and is a bottleneck for traffic flow.
🐠The rail-cum-road flyover has been built to ease the traffic congestion at the Central Silk Board Junction from Ragigudda to Central Silk Board with loops and ramps.
