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Bengaluru: After nearly two decades of delay, Bengaluru’s Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project is back on track with a fresh identity and upgraded design. The 74-kilometre stretch has been renamed as ‘Bengaluru Business Corridor (BBC).’ The upgraded design will now feature an eight-lane expressway, reserved metro space, cycling lanes, pedestrian lanes and service lanes.

Authorities have appointed Special Land Acquisition officials to address land acquisition challenges, with work expected to begin soon.

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Key Features Of Upcoming Bengaluru Business Corridor

- Bengaluru Business Corridor or BBC Chairman LK Atheeq highlighted the key features of the upcoming Business Corridor in Bengaluru, Times Now reported.

- He stated that the corridor will span a total width of 65 metres. Of these, 41 metres has been allocated for the eight-lane expressway and future Metro line.

- Each side of the expressway will feature a nine-metre-wide service road with two lanes and a service road, along with three-metre-wide pavements for pedestrians.

Why Was The Project Delayed?

The main cause of the delay was land acquisition hurdles. To address this, authorities will offer landowners five compensation options: cash, Transferable Development Rights (TDR), increased Floor Area Ratio (FAR), developed residential plots, or commercial plots along the corridor.

Special Land Acquisition Officers have been appointed to collect landowners' preferences and finalise the compensation packages for them. Once the compensation packages are finalised, work will begin soon.

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Bengaluru Yellow Line Gets New Train Set

- In another update, Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Yellow Line, connecting R.V. Road to Bommasandra, has received its fifth trainset.

- The new train set arrived on September 30, aiming to ease long wait times for commuters.
Engineers will assemble and carry out trial runs over the next 20 days, with regular operations expected to begin by mid-October.

- With the arrival of the fifth train set, the frequency of metro trains on the Yellow Line will increase, reducing wait times to 15 minutes, down from the earlier 19 minutes.