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Bengaluru:  For HSRL, state government seeking  fund from central government for completing the phase 2 project of Namma Metro from Gottigere to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) with  High Speed Rail Link (HSRL). The project will carried out once the approval of central government is done. State Government official hoping cooperation of Central Government for this project. [caption id="attachment_13151" align="alignnone" width="635"] Namma Metro Map (Infographics by TOI)[/caption] “The project has not been shelved. We are ready to take it up between Yeshwantpur Railway station and KIA, provided the Centre agrees to it. We are also exploring an elevated lines as Yelanhanka to Devaanahalli is single line and is not electrified”, said  Mahendra Jain, who is an additional chief secretary of urban development department. “Namma Metro’s proposed airport connectivity won’t affect the HSRL project. Air passengers who want to travel q...

Bengaluru: Amid the raging controversy over the usage of Hindi in Metro trains, the government has come under pressure to take a clear stand and formally ask Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) to use only Kannada and English in signages in trains and stations. Pro-Kannada activists gearing up for a large-scale protest against the alleged imposition of Hindi have urged the government to come up with a clear-cut policy, without which confusion over the language issue will continue to disturb law and order. BMRC officials say they are caught in a bind and can not remove Hindi from signages without written instructions from the government. "The government has to make up its mind and take a decision before the situation gets out of hand. With agitators disfiguring signages at Metro stations, the situation has become fluid. We are helpless as we are still awaiting the government"s instructions," a BMRC official said on condition of anonymity. Activists of Karnataka Raksha...