Bengaluru Metro Blue Line Phase 2A (Silk Board–K.R. Puram)
Phase 2A of the Bengaluru Metro Blue Line runs from Central Silk Board Junction to K.R. Puram. It was approved by the Union Cabinet on 20 April 2021 as part of the combined Phase 2A and Phase 2B package. BMRCL confirms the phase is under implementation.
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What we know
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- •Current lifecycle stage: Under Construction.
- •Operational extent in the current record: Not Operational.
- •Operator named in the current record: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).
- •Primary evidence shown on this page comes from Press Information Bureau.
What remains unclear
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- •Individual length of Phase 2A (Silk Board to K.R. Puram) is not cited in the allowed sources.
- •Individual cost for Phase 2A is not available from allowed sources.
- •Station count for Phase 2A is not available from allowed sources.
- •Construction start date, expected completion date, and original completion target are not available from allowed sources.
- •No package details are available.
- •Current cost escalation, if any, is unknown.
Evidence and review
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Primary evidence
Press Information Bureau · Official Release
Trust signals
Source confidence: High confidence
The current page is anchored to an official or otherwise strong primary source.
Last reviewed: Jun 2026
Source published: Apr 2021
Source retrieved: Jun 2026
Project Structure
Parent programme
Bengaluru Metro Blue Line (ORR-Airport Metro)Key Facts
Current status
Under Construction
Mode
Metro
Route length
Not clearly stated
Not clearly stated in current public source.
Station count
Not clearly stated
Current public source does not give a clean count.
Reported progress
Not clearly stated
No usable progress percentage is recorded in the current source set.
Current public target
No current public target confirmed
Approved cost
Not clearly stated
The currently used source set does not clearly state the approved cost.
Current estimate
Not clearly stated
No updated public cost figure is clearly stated in the current source set.
Lifecycle stage
Under Construction
Schedule condition
Unknown
The current source set does not show whether the project is on track against an official baseline.
Activity condition
Unknown
Recent on-ground delivery activity is not clearly described in the current source set.
Operational extent
Not Operational
Tracking state
Actively Tracked
Source confidence
High confidence
Primary source in record: Press Information Bureau.
Last reviewed
Jun 2026
Timeline
No construction or target dates are recorded for this project.
Milestones
Union Cabinet Approval (alongside Phase 2B)
Source: PIB Press Release PRID=1712859.
Under Implementation (BMRCL confirmed)
Source: BMRCL Phase 3 DPR Executive Summary.
Funding
- Operator
- Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)
- Funding source
- mixed
Source
Published: 2021-04-20 · Retrieved: 2026-06-27