EXCLUSIVE | Namma metro’s pink line: The longest underground section of Bengaluru metro

[@pavansreddy493]

I just finished my month long internship at BMRCL pink line and I have to say, absolutely loved it! Walking through the tunnels, watching the TBM in action and the whole construction of the station left us in awe! Truely a one time experience as a student

[@jasonphillip5003]

dai pavan get me also one internship rascal

[@pavansreddy493]

@@jasonphillip5003 you found me here also uh? 😂

[@jardani7712]

Pavan anna get me also one internship 🙏🙏

[@rohanr5397]

@@pavansreddy493power of engineers I am guessing you are also a engineer 😜😜

[@SunilPatil-hs8wd]

The 3 ladies of DH are providing quality content related to Bangalore. Thanks and please continue. These videos really are helpful

[@srikanth85in]

Bengaluru needs 8-10 metro lines if it seeks to alleviate traffic congestion and improve the lives of its citizens

[@karthikrajan4431]

Purple Green Pink Blue Yellow Orange And 2 more undecided colour There u go

[@shreyass2084]

Just be patient, once all metro, sub urban rail, satellite ring road and peripheral ring road be operational, bangalore traffic will drastically reduce

[@redorange5662]

​@@shreyass2084It will be around 2060 to complete all these

[@shreyass2084]

@@redorange5662 no bro expect within 2028 all will be ready, im not sure about peripheral ring road because it belongs to state govt

[@niroop4299]

@@karthikrajan4431 also 4 suburban routes, which will act as express services.

[@lakshmih3353]

You got to walk through the tunnels. How cool!

[@SantoshKumarsp57]

Dodda Namaskaara to all the hardworking workers of this work.

[@mdhaneef9274]

Except this reporter

[@shrav2418]

Bolimakla congress muslim party na gelsudri free free antha, ivage karnataka bankruptcy aithu. Yavdku dhuddu illa, congress muslim party ge vote akdavrella siddramiah kd shivkumar rahul gandhi sata tariri

[@infoforyou7653]

​@@shrav2418muchha ley lowde bjp hindu yak yavaglu muslim tunne unthiya lowde

[@magnetz9156]

​@@shrav2418bjp sumne religion , caste, hindi ella mathaduthey Congress namma party

[@abhishekn9871]

@@magnetz9156keep barking

[@him31anshu]

2:22 loved this shot. Good that editor kept it.

[@ankitbhat4853]

Bengaluru City urgently needs 350 kms of modern metro network to become traffic jam free.

[@vindo3558]

First let the traffic cops stop using their manual signals, and avoid unnecessary congestions

[@Agcz1213]

btp is already installing Japanese traffic signals at all junctions @@vindo3558

[@Rams-wr3bt]

Yeah definitely City need more metro lines as it help people to commute easily and quickly and less dependent on personal vehicles and will help reduce the pollution,

[@spg6651]

Bengaluru also need more disciplined citizens -- 90 % cars used in BENGALURE is used with only drivers .. All the other 4 seats and space on road gets wasted .. People do not find traveling in CITY BUS is as per their standard .. Major Infra project on LIVE CITY is like BY PASS SURGERY on the patient

[@tukaidas1272]

No its need 1000 km metro from hosur city satellite towns village airport even built new Bangalore made metro there

[@jaishankar9171]

Thanks to DH team for showing the progress .. really impressive 👏🏻

[@shreyas_sridhar]

Keep up the good work DH and kudos to namma metro also

[@praveenX]

Nice work! It's hard to do tunneling in Bangalore's geological condition. Still, it will pay off with a much faster metro than its elevated counterpart as you don't have to follow the roads. I'm I'm really looking forward to it.

[@sharankumar4396]

Bengaluru population is nearly 1.50 crore in this big city population daily just 5-6% people are using this metro trains for there travel, metro is just wastage of tax payers money

[@wassuphomies263]

@@sharankumar4396 you are a waste of oxygen my dude.

[@majorscreamer]

​@@sharankumar4396 it's a chicken and egg situation but you are right, we need better buses, cycle lane well protected network and footpaths

[@80sidd]

So no need for any investment 😂 tax payers money should be distributed for votes

[@roshanthomas9805]

​@@sharankumar4396I disagree with that. Metro connectivity is terrible right now and thats why ridership is less. Once the major metro lines are completed, probably by 2026, this situation will undoubtedly improve.

[@niroopnaik]

quality content 🙌 thanks for all the reporting on Bengaluru Metro

[@razshi]

I miss the 80's and 90's Bangalore when it was a cool place with very less traffic.

[@starman9000]

People 80 used to say they loved 50-60, which was great! Change is the constant. We need to adapt and move forward, sir.

[@vasili-jy8yb]

@@starman9000 underrated comment.

[@kausikbarua4732]

Ahhh !! Bengaluru ! The dream city 🥹🙇🏻

[@seanbellfort2298]

🕉️🇮🇳🕉️ Incredible Namma Metro. Jai Hind. Jai Karnataka. Thank you.

[@vijayramachandran3559]

Thank you for showing all the hard work being done by the dedicated workers of bmrcl. Clearly namma metro work is far more complex than we thought

[@anandkulkarni8313]

Very clear explanation of amazing work going on in Bengaluru.

[@nkav868]

Anchor & cameraman did a wonderful reporting job

[@rajivkrishnatr]

Great work covering the underground lines! Loved it!

[@arunchaturvedi1960]

Great to see the project progressing well! I hope commuters will soon be able to make use the rapid commuter infrastructure and ditch their vehicles for daily commutes.

[@PankajSachdeva]

We need a circular line (TUBE) in each metro of India. Hopefully the different crayon colours are combined together to form 2 ellipses in each metro. (INNER RING ROAD vs OUTER RING ROAD)

[@tm73827]

Excellent reporting by the smart young reporters of Deccan Herald. As a resident of NY city I use the over 100 year old metro (MTA/Subway). It provides excellent connectivity and at quick speeds by having both local and express trains. Deccan Herald should use its reputation and influence to educate Namma Metro on what is available out there. After waiting for decades for a metro the citizens of Bengaluru should not be give a substandard and suboptimal product.

[@varunj2244]

I have traveled in Metro/Subway networks in India, USA, EU and I can safely say that in terms of user comfort/ cleanliness / ease of use (smart card/qr code) Namma metro is one of the best experiences. Only missing thing I would say is the extensive connectivity that other mature networks have. Once Namma metro completes the currently under construction lines it will not be behind anyone in the world. Special props to the Namma metro authorities for keeping the Metro trains and the stations extremely clean. NYC subway is literally disgusting, hope Namma metro doesn't go that route after 2-3 decades of running.

[@tm73827]

@@varunj2244 my comment was related to design and specifications. Since you are familiar with NY MTA you will appreciate the concept of local vs express trains that NY has. Someone can go from downtown to midtown non-stop. With Namma metro with its two lines instead of four skipping stations will be harder. Perhaps adopting automated platform doors would be a potential solution (a costly one though)

[@tm73827]

@@varunj2244 one more thing, 6 car train for a mega city like Bengaluru is insufficient. Again look at NY MTA or even New Delhi. Why not build to last from day #1

[@varunj2244]

@@tm73827 your points are fair. Namma metro plans to make more frequent trains, that should help a bit. However, I do know that the way they've built the tracks with curves, it's hard for trains to go fast at many places. The stations themselves were important so can't argue with the routes. One can only say, well they could've gone fully underground which would balloon the costs and project durations. So I sort of understand those compromises. Having said that, Namma metro is still pretty good.

[@chandrak2080]

Really liking des crispy videos of DH👌... N very informative too

[@pradipbhattacharyya3968]

All the best team. Thank you for your commitment and hard work.

[@sanjaybhatikar]

The engineering of this is phenomenal! Thank you for highlighting. Good journalism!

[@sanjaybhatikar]

I love using Namma Metro. Such a great addition to our vibrant society! Dodda namaskara to all the workers working hard to get it done.

[@vivektarab16]

Mam the way you present yourself is so cool 😊

[@zgeorgem]

A big salute to the hard working engineers and labourers!

[@ngsreenivas5187]

WELL DONE DH GOOD COVERAGE AND EXPLANATION NAMMA METRO BENGALURU

[@kishandas1234]

Bengaluru need almost 250-300 Km metro line for decreasing the current heavy traffic in Bengaluru..in 2022 I travel North to south bengaluru which takes 2.30 hour..it was so penic for me..I think government need to make almost 5-6 line..which help the IT professional, Students and the corporates..

[@shravandikshith]

This is so cool to see. All these Hardworking men at work👏

[@nkav868]

Rishika & DH team you have presented well

[@manjulachintu3250]

Phase 1 was a great boost but phase 2 and 3 need to be completed fast... with new phases added fast and with upcoming ring roads like itrr,strr,prr and k-ride the suburban rail traffic should finally be a bit less 😅❤

[@ashwinhariharan310]

It belt needs connectivity. Whitefield is done . Blue line from Silk Board to airport needs to complete. But it’ll be done in 26 only. It’ll help travellers to marathalli go fast

[@siddharthtiwari4546]

bengaluru jaldi badlega agle saal tak kya baat hai❤👏

[@human_oid9994]

Good report 👏

[@abhishekpuranik1600]

The problem is that Bengaluru should have got south east,east,north east Bengaluru metro first rather than Kanakapura Road,Mysore road(Kengeri)because these places don’t have traffic level as the above mentioned

[@tukaidas1272]

Bangalore need massive metro network like beijjing metro 807 km shanghai metro 803 km gungjou metro 621 km

[@dravikrish7323]

Excellent coverage thanks DH

[@sanjaybhumannavar7156]

I came here just to say... That I love that reporter ..

[@d1p70]

Stop simping

[@ayushgarg7033]

While Bangalore cries over hard rocks, i visited seoul which is literally hills and valleys and has so many underground metro and suburban lines

[@bpvineethkrishna9553]

Bro comparing seoul to blore😂😅

[@medasbabu]

Isn't these underground tunnel engineering marvel, it doesn't even cross our mind how much efforts by several people when we go by metro now, thank BMRCL and good luck for the remaining work.

[@ssrahman111]

Very informative video... great job DH and BMRCL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rajeshhs8]

Thanks a lot for all this information ❤❤

[@mariankn]

Hats off to all engineers who are involved in this work

[@suhailt.a2994]

Good coverage of metro by DC.

[@kashyapsandeep9986]

beautiful video that shows the complexity of the work.

[@Jjacob0135]

Excellent move forward 👏

[@AB-Peace]

Very Good information 👌 👍

[@mithunkrishnaa]

The construction of pink line started in early 2018 and not in 2021. I stay just next to one of the metro stations. This project has been delayed a lot.

[@rahulrao5349]

Thank you. It was very informative.

[@Hobbeezz]

Well done namma metro, all the best, Keep going.

[@balarajuc5048]

Thanks DH for positive and constructive reporting , this is what people need to see in News channels . All news channels showing masala and family issues of 1 or few families , only news which is relevant to many people should be shown . Hard work of these people in tough conditions is something we need to admire and respect and thank . If everybody sits at home taking freebies and not paying taxes then such structures will not be made and we will still be in under developed country . Thanks again for showing goodness and positivity . Big things are achieved step by step and comments and tell this is should be done like this etc etc is easy job , so most people fall under this category of commenting and finding faults . We need to ignore such people and stay positive and hope to see more positive and happy news from DH . General public mind need to be fed with good things and when so many good things happening , its not right to search for negative things only and publish and show only bad things , so New channels need to introspect . Good karma matters . Thanks DH for this good karma . Thanks to the lady who braved and went to the site as the site people will feel valued and god bless all people working for changing for good.

[@prasadshivakumar3806]

Thank you Deccan herald for the status update of pink metro

[@shaabdulmanan9980]

Great work DH and Team

[@Gitabhakta78]

Much needed update.

[@shreyass5664]

If possible kindly make a video of Bengaluru traffic management system how they monitor the traffic from the control room and how the system works like how it detect signal jump ,no helmet etc it will be useful to know how the entire traffic system works thanks.

[@akshayleo3]

Great video again by DH!!

[@Trivikrama007]

Good coverage 👍

[@shreyass5664]

Kindly make an updated video on pink line and blue line metro we are very much interested to know the progress.tks😊

[@aruntandi]

These videos are very important to archive, as no one feel the hardwork while visiting the fully completed air cooled underground metro stations.

[@DeccanHerald]

Glad you like them!

[@asokan.k.k8211]

Good work

[@shaankarreddybn3536]

Excellent coverage.

[@Hi5somani]

The connectivity at MG road will be a long walk for commuters. And a much needed metro line at the Old Airport road

[@BangaloreAviation]

You notice the gaping hole around Koramangala. That’s not going to be filled anytime soon. Enjoy the jam between silk board and Adugodi.

[@want2behere]

BMRCL also need to plan routes from electronic city to tumukur road via nice road, hebbal to kr puram to silk board to hebbal connecting to the airport. This would help to decongest traffic on major roads like the silkroad, hebbal.

[@pradeepkumarkogala5770]

They need to finish airport line asap .

[@Member84]

Will be Really convenient once all is completed. I wonder what happens when it rains in Bangalore ?

[@kuberchaurasiya]

Correction: Pink line was started on Bannerghatta road in Dec 2017, I remember the time because it was my daily office route.

[@indrajitg]

I wish the metro lines would have been constructed at least 20 years ago in Bangalore. It would have saved me so many hours wasted in the stop and go traffic!

[@vajidkhan8425]

All the best

[@roshanprashanth100]

good reporting

[@justrandomstuff-007]

The sad things about Bangalore are, the crowded areas are always under some kind of construction, 2 lane roads/service road are really bad, nobody is following any traffic rules. Even if the sovereign government has changed, nothing good happened to the common people 😢

[@srinivasvenkatesh6540]

Good one ❤

[@ysvaraprasadi]

wow nice to see and awaiting for completion, but i could see only one line track, do we have two tracks or not?

[@leelasrinivas2910]

Very good work namaskara

[@madhavihullur]

Thanks to our Govt and metro workers, it's definitely worth it 😁

[@anjankumarkn123]

Traffic must ease. Cleanliness maintained everywhere. Plant trees. People well behaved. Bengaluru can become garden city of the world.

[@prajvaljainelkal3090]

Good, Explained Very Nice, But 3:04 AC: Wrong, It's To Be As HVAC (Heat Ventilation Air Conditioning Because Keeping Under Earth Confined Area To Cool As Good For Habit, Ready For Installation:Wrong Irrection On Going, Testing To Happen For Final Commissioning.

[@nkav868]

The bmrcl engineers and all labour workforce and amazing machines does a wonderful job. Hope no life of workforce is compromised

[@Kushy_biscuit]

Her voice is piercing in public

[@spg6651]

Its tough -- Let SAFETY BE THE FIRST ALWAYS -- we can wait .. Let it be done with utmost care for the people who are working there -- Hats off to them

[@zameerahmed9126]

Mam u r looking cute😢😍❤

[@vin2538]

Please also give a review regarding yellow line - the line towards Electronic City 😊

[@chittibabupulletikurti6405]

great engineering!!!

[@paratalsrinivas3193]

Missing 80`s and 90`s Blore....May be after all the Metro lines...we can see the old Blore..+ more new trees/Plantations....

[@cuckoonut1208]

Very impressive progress! So um....When is the KR Pura missing link going to be usable?

[@AaryanRajesh]

Should be by this month's end, the final inspection is going on for approvals. Test trials are done and are successful

[@rks257]

Inspection was done last week.. Hoping for Inauguration soon

[@AaryanRajesh]

@@rks257 oh ok

[@nagarajuneeriganti8101]

wish such underground metro works are initiated in hyderabad...

[@Nithin_Coorg]

great info!

[@allindiaisone4104]

we need metro to kiadb aerspace north bangalore as it s going to accommodate 90000 commuters per day

[@shamanth8662]

Waiting for Completion of blue line

[@booksquotes948]

Bangalore needs 500 kms of metro like delhi

[@harisheh7001]

🙏, Please construct the 4 Way Platforms from Ground floor to First floor and to the Second Floor Escalators to 16 in Total Electronic Escalators. 8 Escalators in one side facing towards Upstairs and 8 Escalators in one side facing towards Downstairs in one side on Both sides of t Platform all over India🇮🇳 and all over the world with Currency Rate taxes to be paid 💰 in Full Interest amount in total.

[@subashpo7932]

good work madam

[@izhanvk8546]

Namma Bengaluru ❤😅

[@shreyass5664]

Hi DH team kindly make an updated video on this pink line metro.Today another TBM completed the length.98% Drilling completed

[@travellerlife5522]

All roads also must be planned like this , then it will be good. Underground roads !

[@metarus208]

very nice

[@sanchitpande766]

Bengaluru is going to be best city to be in next 5-6 years.

[@ideaminegroup1766]

When does it start operations

[@mitheshpatel6806]

Fantastic

[@AmiteshRaikwar]

A RRTS type model is required to connect Anekal - HCL Jigani - Electronic city - Sarjapur- Varthur - Whitefield - Hoskote - KIA Airport