Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has announced that 175 km of Metro lines would be operational in Bengaluru by 2026. Thirty km of new metro lines will be added by 2025, he said while addressing a press conference after inspecting the newly extended line from Nagasandra to Madavara on Tumkur Road of Namma Metro Green Line.

The Deputy CM also conducted a test run on the Nagasandra to Madavara stretch, travelling from Yeshwanthpur Metro Station. It has completed the first and second phases of the Metro, and the Centre has approved the third phase. The government is in talks with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to build an underpass at Madavara Metro station. It has also entered into an agreement with Indian Railways to jointly develop a pedestrian passage at Yeshwanthpur railway station. A project report has been prepared to develop an underpass at Chikkabidarakallu in collaboration with NHAI. 

Bengaluru has the highest metro ridership in the country, and the Green Line currently spans 33.46 km, and the Purple Line of 40.5 km.