<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Bengaluru suburban rail project in three months, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The doubling of Hosur and Channasandra railway lines will be completed by 2023, the CM said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/b-s-yediyurappa-inspects-suburban-rail-project-in-bengaluru-1001077.html" target="_blank">Inspecting the railway works</a> being carried out between Bengaluru Cantonment and Heelalige, the chief minister said that the work on the doubling of Baiyappanahalli-Hosur railway lines (Rs 499 crore) and Yeshwantpur-Channasandra (Rs 315 crore) had commenced in October 2020 and would be completed by December 2023.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa said the suburban rail project, estimated to cost Rs 15,760 crore, would connect the surrounding towns to the Bengaluru airport.</p>.<p>"It's a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With his blessing, the foundation-laying for our long-pending project will happen in three months. I am going to invite him and I am confident he will come here for the ceremony," he said.</p>.<p>The chief minister said the state government had already released Rs 400 crore for the project in the 2020-21 budget.</p>.<p>"The Centre has also allowed us to borrow Rs 7,400 crore," he added.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Bengaluru suburban rail project in three months, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The doubling of Hosur and Channasandra railway lines will be completed by 2023, the CM said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/b-s-yediyurappa-inspects-suburban-rail-project-in-bengaluru-1001077.html" target="_blank">Inspecting the railway works</a> being carried out between Bengaluru Cantonment and Heelalige, the chief minister said that the work on the doubling of Baiyappanahalli-Hosur railway lines (Rs 499 crore) and Yeshwantpur-Channasandra (Rs 315 crore) had commenced in October 2020 and would be completed by December 2023.</p>.<p>Yediyurappa said the suburban rail project, estimated to cost Rs 15,760 crore, would connect the surrounding towns to the Bengaluru airport.</p>.<p>"It's a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With his blessing, the foundation-laying for our long-pending project will happen in three months. I am going to invite him and I am confident he will come here for the ceremony," he said.</p>.<p>The chief minister said the state government had already released Rs 400 crore for the project in the 2020-21 budget.</p>.<p>"The Centre has also allowed us to borrow Rs 7,400 crore," he added.</p>