The coaches might be deployed on the just lately opened Okay.R. Pura – Whitefield metro line.
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A bunch of senior Bengaluru Metro officers visited the China Railway Rolling Inventory Company (CRRC) manufacturing facility in China, which is but to provide Namma Metro coaches that the Bangalore Metro Rail Company Ltd. (BMRCL) needs to deploy on the just lately inaugurated Okay.R. Pura to Whitefield metro line and the upcoming Yellow Line, set to be operational by December 2023.
In 2019, the Chinese language agency secured a ₹1,578-crore contract to provide 216 metro coaches to BMRCL. Nevertheless, they couldn’t fulfil the contract as they hadn’t established a producing plant in India as required.
A senior official confirmed the event and stated, “The agency will ship two units of six-coach trains quickly this yr. The remaining coaches might be provided to BMRCL in phases. The officers have gone to China to examine and facilitate transit of the coaches.”
Beforehand, BMRCL had despatched a number of notices to China Railway Rolling Inventory Company, even contemplating encashing its ₹372-crore financial institution assure. Now, the Chinese language firm has partnered with Kolkata-based Titagarh Wagons to provide the remaining coaches from September onwards. “CRRSC has signed an MoU with an Indian firm for coach manufacturing. We anticipate the arrival of those coaches, which can function on the R.V. Street – Bommasandra line,” the official defined.
The R.V. Street – Bommasandra line of Namma metro, the 19-km elevated Yellow Line, is predicted to grow to be operational by December 2023. It will profit a lot of these employed in Electronics Metropolis, other than others.