Bangalore's Metro rail will begin trial runs on Monday, January 24.
If all goes well, the first stretch, from Byappanahalli (Old Madras Road) to M G Road, will be inaugurated Kannada new year's day, April 4. The minimum fare will be Rs 15.
The next few weeks will witness trials on this stretch.
Completion of work on the long-awaited service will come as a relief to Bangaloreans, who struggle under an inadequate public transport system. Metro work has called for digging up of arterial roads, and that has added to the chaos. Officials say all phases of the project will be completed 2014, but Bangaloreans are scpetical about that deadline.
Politicians and administrators had been talking about the Metro, and collecting a cess on every litre of fuel sold in the city, for over two decades, but work began in earnest only in 2007.
Deccan Herald reports: "Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will flag off the trial runs on January 24. This will be followed by another trial run of about 2,500 to 3,000 km spanning... six to eight weeks before operations finally obtain the safety certification from the Commissioner for Railway Safety."
Source : Yahoo News
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