President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday dedicated the last section of the first phase of the Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, popularly known as ‘Namma Metro’ to the city residents.
The project — totalling 42.3 kilometre in length — was started in 2008, and 31 km have been opened in different phases in the past. The last section, measuring 11.3 kilometre was opened on Saturday. It has been built at a cost of Rs13,845 crore.