Karnataka’s cupboard on Wednesday accredited a proposal to rename Bengaluru Metropolis College after former prime minister Manmohan Singh as a tribute to the Congress chief, marking his contributions to the state capital.
In June 2006, Singh laid the muse for Bengaluru’s essential infrastructure initiatives starting from elevated corridors to Bengaluru Metro. On June 24, 2006, the previous prime minister laid the muse for Bangalore-Digital Metropolis elevated Freeway, a key hyperlink to the IT and manufacturing hub.
Moreover, below his administration, Singh additionally undertook key street infrastructure initiatives together with the six-laning of the Bengaluru-Nelamangala stretch of NH4, together with a 4-km-long elevated hall.
On June 24, 2006, Singh additionally laid the muse stone for Bengaluru Metro, which was being constructed at a value of Rs 6,000 crore collectively by the state and central governments. On November 20, 2011, he launched Namma Metro’s inaugural stretch, from Baiayapanahalii to MG Street.
Because the prime minister, Singh additionally inaugurated Bengaluru’s Kempegowda Worldwide Airport on Could 24, 2008, which is now the third busiest airport in India, managing passenger site visitors of over 37 million within the monetary 12 months 2023–24.
Curiously in 2017, Singh was invited by the Karnataka authorities to show the primary batch of scholars enrolled on the newly constructed Dr BR Ambedkar Faculty of Economics (BASE). Additional, Singh additionally addressed the scholars at IIM B throughout their sixteenth convocation within the Nineties.
Part-2 growth of Bangalore Metropolis College’s North Campus
Individually, the cupboard additionally granted administrative approval for the second section of growth works on the brand new North Campus of Bangalore College, positioned in Amaravati village, Sidlaghatta taluk, Chikkaballapur district. The estimated price of this section is Rs123.50 crore.
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The North Campus has already been established in Amaravati village, with the primary section protecting the development of key infrastructure similar to the executive block, library, the vice-chancellor’s residence, and hostels for girls and boys, at a value of Rs 91 crore. The revised estimate of Rs 123.50 crore for the second section was ready in the course of the monetary 12 months 2023–24.
The required funds might be sourced from the college’s inside assets, and the grant might be supplied by the interior income division.
The cupboard additionally determined that the Karnataka Housing Board would execute the event work. Moreover, the vice-chancellor of Bangalore Metropolis College (North Campus) has been authorised to implement the challenge with due approval from the competent authority.

