<p>Bengaluru: A short stretch of Kamaraj Road connecting Cubbon Road and MG Road reopened to traffic after being closed for five years due to metro work. </p><p>On Friday afternoon, Namma Metro and traffic police reopened one lane of the 220-metre stretch, allowing traffic from Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction to Cubbon Road. Metro work is still underway in the other lane. </p><p>Maheshwar Rao M, Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), confirmed the development to <em>DH</em>. </p><p>Police manually managed traffic until the electric supply to the signal at the Cubbon Road Junction was restored by 4.20 pm, an officer from the Shivajinagar traffic police station said. </p><p>"The reopening can significantly ease traffic congestion at both junctions. We will also be able to manage traffic moving towards Commercial Street better," the officer added.</p>.Namma Metro's Yellow Line to open with 5-6 trains, 20-min frequency.<p>Traffic coming from Mayo Hall can take a right turn, and vehicles coming from Anil Kumble Circle can take a left at the Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction to move towards the Kamaraj Road-Cubbon Road Junction. Vehicles can take a left to reach BRV Junction or right to Manipal Centre or continue straight towards Commercial Street. </p><p>The reopened road is concretised and features a footpath that runs about 150 metres along the compound of the Mankeshaw Parade Ground. The footpath then turns into a pedestrian pathway barricaded it with a road divider. Streetlights with underground cabling adorn the footpath, and parking is banned on the road. </p><p>On the flip side, there's no green cover on the footpath. The metro authorities cut down all trees along the parade compound and didn't plant any saplings. </p><p>The reopening took many vehicle users by surprise. Unaware that it was a one-way, many drivers from Cubbon Road and Commercial Street mistakenly went towards the Cauvery Emporium. </p><p>A traffic policeman posted at the Cubbon Road junction was at his wit's end trying to stop them. "It's a one-way. Don't go there," he shouted but with little success. </p><p>The policeman suggested that the other land could open next week but there was no immediate official confirmation. </p><p>The underground MG Road metro station is located on the Purple Line, which spans 21.25 km from Kalena Agrahara to Nagavara. The station has four entrances: one at Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction, another next to the RSI entrance, a third near the parade ground and a fourth at the Kamaraj Road-Cubbon Road junction. </p><p>The Pink Line is scheduled to open in the second half of 2025.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: A short stretch of Kamaraj Road connecting Cubbon Road and MG Road reopened to traffic after being closed for five years due to metro work. </p><p>On Friday afternoon, Namma Metro and traffic police reopened one lane of the 220-metre stretch, allowing traffic from Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction to Cubbon Road. Metro work is still underway in the other lane. </p><p>Maheshwar Rao M, Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), confirmed the development to <em>DH</em>. </p><p>Police manually managed traffic until the electric supply to the signal at the Cubbon Road Junction was restored by 4.20 pm, an officer from the Shivajinagar traffic police station said. </p><p>"The reopening can significantly ease traffic congestion at both junctions. We will also be able to manage traffic moving towards Commercial Street better," the officer added.</p>.Namma Metro's Yellow Line to open with 5-6 trains, 20-min frequency.<p>Traffic coming from Mayo Hall can take a right turn, and vehicles coming from Anil Kumble Circle can take a left at the Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction to move towards the Kamaraj Road-Cubbon Road Junction. Vehicles can take a left to reach BRV Junction or right to Manipal Centre or continue straight towards Commercial Street. </p><p>The reopened road is concretised and features a footpath that runs about 150 metres along the compound of the Mankeshaw Parade Ground. The footpath then turns into a pedestrian pathway barricaded it with a road divider. Streetlights with underground cabling adorn the footpath, and parking is banned on the road. </p><p>On the flip side, there's no green cover on the footpath. The metro authorities cut down all trees along the parade compound and didn't plant any saplings. </p><p>The reopening took many vehicle users by surprise. Unaware that it was a one-way, many drivers from Cubbon Road and Commercial Street mistakenly went towards the Cauvery Emporium. </p><p>A traffic policeman posted at the Cubbon Road junction was at his wit's end trying to stop them. "It's a one-way. Don't go there," he shouted but with little success. </p><p>The policeman suggested that the other land could open next week but there was no immediate official confirmation. </p><p>The underground MG Road metro station is located on the Purple Line, which spans 21.25 km from Kalena Agrahara to Nagavara. The station has four entrances: one at Cauvery Arts and Crafts Junction, another next to the RSI entrance, a third near the parade ground and a fourth at the Kamaraj Road-Cubbon Road junction. </p><p>The Pink Line is scheduled to open in the second half of 2025.</p>