📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Develop Tumkur Metro Line in Karnataka
This roughly 52.41 km metro line to Tumkur is planned to be built as an elevated extension of the 33.53 km Green Line (Anjanapura – Madavara) on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Its alignment will run along Tumkur Road (National Highway NH-4).
Aarvee Associates will examine and recommend the line’s optimal mode (MRTS, RRTS, MetroNeo), type (elevated, underground), alignment, estimated ridership, location of stations & depot and associated construction costs.
BMRCL had invited bids for this consultancy contract in March 2024 with an unknown estimate and 6 month completion deadline. Technical bids were opened in April to reveal 8 bidders which included the likes of SYSTRA and RITES.
19 stations on this line are planned to be built at Tumakuru Bus Stand, Tumakuru University, Tumakuru, Kyathasandra, Pandithanahalli, Hirehalli, Chikkahalli, Nallayanpalya, Dabaspete, Sompura Industrial Area, Billanakote, Kuluvanahalli, T. Begur, Budhihal, Nelamangala NH, Nelamangala, Dasanpura and Makali.
The feasibility report to be prepared and finalized in Q1 2025. Construction of this section is expected to begin by 2032.
