Modi Visit to Bangalore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Bengaluru for his four hour on Sunday, August 10. He will land at HAL Airport
at 10:30 am and travel by helicopter and road to KSR Bengaluru railway station. There, he will flag off three Vande Bharat Express trains: KSR Bengaluru-Belagavi, Amritsar-Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katri, and Ajni (Nagpur)-Pune, according to a media report. Next, he will travel by road to Ragigudda metro station on the Yellow Line. Between 11:45 am and 12:50 pm, he will take the metro from Ragigudda to Electronics City. At 12:50 pm, he will go by road from Electronics City metro station to the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bengaluru in Electronics City Phase 1. At IIITB, he will inaugurate the Yellow Line and lay the foundation stone for Phase 3 of the Namma Metro. After that, he will take a helicopter back to HAL Airport and fly to Delhi at 2:45 pm, reported Deccan Herald. Because many important people and citizens will attend the metro inauguration, the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) has announced traffic and parking restrictions.
Road Closures
- Marenahalli Main Road
- Silk Board to Hosur via Electronic City elevated expressway
- Hosur Road
- Several roads in Electronics City Phase 1:
- Infosys Avenue
- Velankani Road
Alternate Routes
1. Rajalakshmi Junction → Jayadeva Hospital
- Take left near Banashankari Bus Stand
- Go via Sarakki Market Road → IG Circle → 8th Main Road → Jayadeva Hospital
Accessing Bannerghatta Road
- Use Sarakki Junction → Outer Ring Road
4th Main Road → Jayadeva Hospital
- Turn right at Rajalakshmi Junction
- Then left on Sarakki Main Road
- Via IG Circle → RV Dental Junction → Jayadeva Hospital / Bannerghatta Road
East End Circle → Banashankari
- Via 29th Main Road → 28th Main Road
- Reach 8th Main–9th Cross Junction
- Turn right at Delmia Junction
- Use Outer Ring Road → Kanakapura Road / Banashankari
Hosur Road → Kanakapura, Mysuru, Tumakuru Roads
- Take Jigani Road from Bommasandra Junction
- Use NICE Road via Bannerghatta Road
NICE Road → Hosur
- Exit at Bannerghatta Junction
- Take Jigani Road via Bommasandra Junction
Hosur Road → Sarjapur, Varthur, Whitefield, Hoskote
- Use Dommasandra Road from Chandapura Junction to Sarjapur Road
HSR Layout, Koramangala, Bellandur, Whitefield → Hosur
- Take Sarjapur Road via Chandapura
Inside Electronics City Phase 1
- Use:
- 2nd Cross Road
- Shikaripalya Road
- Hulimangala Road
- Gollahalli Road
Parking Restrictions
- No parking allowed on:
- Marenahalli Main Road
- 4th Main Road
- 18th Main Road
