PHOTOS: Bengaluru Metro’s new Green line geared to ease traffic woes

Bengaluru has moved a step closer to addressing harrowing tales of the city’s chock-a-block traffic. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the line from Chickpet to Yelachenahalli on June 17, 2017. With this the entire 42-kilometre stretch under the Phase 1 plan is now fully operational. Mukherjee lamented that India was late by several decades in adopting the Metro as a viable mode of public transport, adding that due to rising population organising transport facilities has emerged as a serious challenge. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Updated on: Jun 19, 2017 10:55 AM IST

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Bengaluru has moved a step closer to addressing harrowing tales of the city’s chock-a-block traffic. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the line from Chickpet to Yelachenahalli on June 17, 2017. With this the entire 42-kilometre stretch under the Phase 1 plan is now fully operational. Mukherjee lamented that India was late by several decades in adopting the Metro as a viable mode of public transport, adding that due to rising population organising transport facilities has emerged as a serious challenge. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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People takes selfies as a Green Line metro rolls into the Jaynagar Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka on June 18, 2017. The entire phase 1 is now open for the public after the inauguration by the President a day prior. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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President Pranab Mukherjee flags off the entire phase 1 of Namma Metro as Karnataka Chief minister Siddaramaiah and Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu look on at Vidhan Soudha on June 17, 2017. The 42.3-km-long project, which started in 2008, has been built at a cost of about Rs 13,845 crore, of which Rs 300 crore was raised by floating bonds, a first in the Metro history of the country. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Huge turn out of people eager to experience the new Green line at Majestic Station seen on the first day of its opening to the general public in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on June 18, 2017. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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A Green Line metro rail carriage enters the Majestic Station to awaiting crowds on day one of its official operation on June 18, 2017. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Noting that Phase 2 is already under implementation and would add another 72 km to the existing length, The President said that ‘The network, when completed, will reduce traffic congestion and be able to carry more than 15 lakh passengers per day’. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)