BENGALURU: Bengaluru's long-pending demand for a suburban rail network may soon be a reality with railway minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Sunday announcing that the foundation stone for the project will be laid in a month or two.He was addressing a gathering at Yeshwantpur Railway Station after commissioning the Bengaluru-Hassan train service. Representatives of the Citizens for Bengaluru (CoB), who recently launched Chuku Buku Beku campaign to press for early implementation of the suburban train project, turned up at the venue, raised slogans and displayed placards even as Prabhu was delivering his speech.Chief minister Siddaramaiah , too, supported the demand and urged the minister to lay the foundation stone for the project as early as May. "I'm with the people who are demanding a suburban train. The Centre must consider completing the works at the earliest," he said. He inaugurated hi-speed Wi-Fi services at KSR, Yeshwantpur and Mysuru stations.

Source: Times of India March 27, 2017 01:03 UTC