The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to partially fund the 58-km-long airport metro line in Bangalore from Central Silk Board Junction to Kempegowda International Airport. The Karnataka government has asked the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for early approval of the proposal along with Detailed Project Report (DPR) for implementation of Phase 2A (18.236 kms) and 2B (36.511 km) of Bangalore Metro Rail Project. According to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC), financial bids for phase 2A are yet to be opened while the last date to submit bids for phase 2B has been recently extended upto October 16.
In a written reply to Rajya Sabha on a question by KC Ramamurthy, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that Karnataka in a vide letter dated January 18, 2020 and again on September 04, 2020 requested to arrange for early approval of the proposal along with Detailed Project Report (DPR) forwarded by state government in November, 2019 for implementation of Phase 2A and 2B of Bangalore Metro Rail Project, for a length of about 58 kms (from Central Silk Board Junction to Kempegowda International Airport) on equal equity sharing model as per Metro Rail Policy, 2017.