ITD Completes Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Span over BETL Flyover

Back in November, workers from ITD Cementation India Ltd. completed launching precast segments on top of Bangalore Elevated Tollway Limited (BETL)’s interchange in Electronic City Phase 2 for building Bangalore Metro’s 19.143 km Yellow Line which will connect R.V. Road with Bommasandra.

This section of the 73.921 km Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project is a part of the 6.418 km Reach 5 (P1) between Bommasandra and Hosa Road which includes 5 elevated stations. ITD Cementation had won its Rs. 485.52 crore civil construction contract from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) in April 2017. 

The line’s viaduct here with 11 segments is about 20m above the ground. This is a little higher than its span over the Green Line at RV Road built by HCC-URC JV, and a little shorter than the Purple Line’s span over B Narayanpura Flyover in Mahadevapura towards Whitefield, also built by ITD Cementation.

Black Circle: Location of where the Yellow Line crosses BETL’s Flyover at Electronic City Phase 2 – view Bangalore Metro Phase 2 info & route map

Here are some fantastic images shot by Twitter follower Vijay G Richards last week. Check out his thread for more images of this line.

Looking north towards Central Silkboard
View from the top
Looking south towards Bommasandra
Infosys Foundation Konappana Agrahara Station (formerly Electronic City Phase II)

North of the Phase II Station, there’s been little to no progress on the Phase 1 Station and approximately 500 meters of viaduct all the way to White Feather Banquet Hall located at the intersection with NICE Peripheral Road.

The land there and elsewhere along the Purple and Green lines’ alignment in south Bengaluru was stuck in litigation for over 3 years after the promoters of NICE did not agree with the compensation offered. Work resumed under police protection in June, but got stalled again in September apparently due to discrepancies in land records according to a follower.

For more updates, check out the Bangalore section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG

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22 Responses to "ITD Completes Bangalore Metro Yellow Line’s Span over BETL Flyover"

  1. Clevin Gomes says:

    Who is NICE, did they own this road?. Why BMRCL is having issues to construct at NICE Road?

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    • Vijay George Richards says:

      NICE is Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise. The area under dispute is part of the land which is parts of the private express toll roads owned by NICE.

      Reply
  2. S Hussain says:

    Congratulations LG Team 👏

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  3. Indra sen says:

    Please share some images based on the present status of patna metro??Other than those piling rig .
    More barricades are coming up around Bhootnath metro station or that all??

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says:

    Any updates on green line anjanapura extension? When can it open?

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  5. Abbul kalam says:

    Ok

    Reply
  6. Rajib Kumar Deka says:

    We are trying to day night

    Reply
  7. Rajib Kumar Deka says:

    We are trying and aslo working day night

    Reply
  8. Hemendra Nanavaty says:

    But when will work on ORR AND AIRPORT LINE start? December is here.And nothing except talking big.

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    • Modi ji says:

      Modi ji doesn’t like bangalore, he ll not approve any project for blore.

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    • TMRG says:

      ORR line – depends on when BMRCL issues LOA to Afcons and Shankarnarayana

      Airport line – bid submission date is coming up on December 13 (opening Dec 14)

      Reply
  9. Bhupinder singh says:

    Congratulations sir

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  10. B kiran says:

    Thank you metrorail Guy publishers,

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  11. Jishnukrishna Venkat says:

    Super ! Most Probably Yellow Line will b ready for testing by Jun 2021

    Reply
  12. Santhosh says:

    Any updates on silk board – kr puram outer Ring road metro project ?

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    • TMRG says:

      Waiting on BMRCL to award the contracts to Afcons and Shankarnarayana. For that, they are most likely waiting on the Central Govt’s cabinet to approve the project.

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  13. Srikanth says:

    Thanks for all the updates and photos. Really helpful. Apxt Realistic start date of yellow line??

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  14. DJ says:

    Any update on the progress(if any ! ) of the Bannerghatta Main Road Line work ?
    Any approximate Deadline for the work to finish ? ( will it get over by 2030 ? )

    Reply

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