“Taking the metro for my daily office commute brings me immense joy as I bid farewell to my personal vehicle. This shift not only simplifies my daily travel but also plays a part in building a greener, more sustainable future,” Vivek Rao, an IT professional at Kadugodi Tree Park, said.
Since the launch of the entire Purple Line of Namma Metro on October 9, he has left behind his two-wheeler, which he used to take from Ramamurthynagar to Kadugodi Tree Park.
Mr. Rao is not alone in his choice; many people have shifted to the metro following the opening of the Whitefield-Challaghatta metro corridor (Purple Line) of 43.49 km. Once plagued by nightmarish traffic, IT professionals employed on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) are hugely relieved. There is also now a fleet of 37 Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation feeder buses, which was introduced on Wednesday (Oct 11), providing a convenient commute from the K.R. Puram metro station to ORR.
