Extended metro on Kanakapura Road now open

Four years after construction work began in May 2016 and many deadlines later, the 6-km extended Namma Metro line from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute opened for commercial operations on Friday at 7 a.m. Ridership on the first day, however, remained low but Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd is expecting this to pick up in the coming weeks. The commercial operations on the extended line is likely to add 75,000 new passengers to pre-COVID-19 ridership.