Karnataka to invite tenders for monorail

Karnataka will invite global tenders for the proposed monorail project in Bangalore.

The state cabinet, which met here today, decided to invite the tenders. The project has been proposed to decongest vehicular traffic within the city.

The mono rail will act as feeder service for the metro rail project, which is being implemented in Bangalore. The state government has proposed to take up both the projects for the city as metro rail alone cannot address the growing public transportation needs.

Asian Infrastructure Consortium (AIC), a private company, is in the process of preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the monorail. Initially, the mono rail will run on a trial basis (18 kilometres) connecting the commercial hub of the city - Majestic -- to Kanakapura Road on Bangalore's southern tip.

"AIC has sought 60 days to prepare the DPR. Once the DPR is submitted, the government will invite tenders from global infrastructure companies," Karnataka's Primary & Secondary Education Minister Basavaraja Horatti told reporters after the cabinet meeting.

Meanwhile, work on the Rs 6,395 crore metro rail project has already begun in some parts of the city.