South India’s first inter-state Metro: Feasibility study to be conducted for extension of Bengaluru Metro to Tamil Nadu – Details here

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South India’s first inter-state Metro project between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have moved up in pace. The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on August 1 floated a tender for the preparation of a feasibility study for the first inter-state metro project in the Southern India. 

CMRL has invited a tender for this first of its kind metro network project for the selection of a consultant to prepare a feasibility study report for introducing a mass rapid transit connecting Hosur with Bommasandra near Electronics City. CMRL is likely to open the tender on September 1, 2023.

This feasibility study is going to examine several key factors of the metro project, including the location of stations, type of trains (Normal Metro/Metrolite/Metro Neo), estimated ridership, alignment, and construction costs.

This metro rail is going to connect Karnataka’s IT hub and Tamil Nadu’s industrial hub of Hosur with a metro line spanning 20.5 km, ou of which about 11.5 km of the metro network will be in Karnataka and the rest 8.8 km will be in Tamil Nadu.

According to a statement issued by the Tamil Nadu government, the metro link between Hosur and Bengaluru would encourage further growth and development of the industrial town.

However, many experts have taken a different stance on the issue. They believe that a suburban rail connecting the two hubs would be more viable than a Metro rail, which is primarily designed for intra-city commuting. 

While Bengaluru remains one of the megacities in India, Hosur in Tamil Nadu has emerged as a hub for several big conglomerates like TVS, Ashok Leyland and Titan. Tamil Nadu’s Hosur houses as many as 2,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) currently. Furthermore, Hosur is growing as a major hub for