Bengaluru: The Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru high speed rail corridor is set to have two stops at Bengaluru’s Whitefield and Electronics City which are the two IT hubs of the city. Apart from this there will be additional stops in Kodahalli, Baiyappanahalli, and Kengeri.
The corridor will pass through three states which are Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. It will have a total length of 463 kilometres. The corridor in expected to significantly reduce the travel time across the route as it is designed for trains with maximum speed of 350 kmph, with 320 kmph operational speed and 250 kmph average speed.
Will include 30km long tunnel
As per the report published by Times of India, the project consists of elevated, at-grade, and tunnel segments which will pass mostly from the greenfield areas. The project will also consist of a 30 km long tunnel passing 2.5km in Chennai, 11.8km in Chittoor, 2km in Bengaluru Rural and 14km in Bengaluru urban. The corridor will pass through districts including Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Chittor, Vellore, Kolar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Ramanagara, Mandya and Mysuru.
Compensation price
The corridor will consist of eleven stations which will be at Chennai, Poonamallee, Chittoor, Kolar, Kodahalli, Whitefield, Balyappanahalli, Electronics City, Kengeri, Mandya, and Mysuru. A total of 313 towns and villages will come in its route. The National High-speed Rail Corporation has been assigned with the task of preparing detailed project report for the corridor. There will a requirement of 1,162 hectares of land for the project, out of this 1,064 hectares are private lands. The authorises have planned to pay twice the market price in urban areas while four times in rural areas. The project will affect large greenfield areas with 13,715 trees affected in Kolar district only. The provisions of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013 or the Railway Amendment Act, 2008 will be utilised for land acquisition in Karnataka.
