Shivakumar wrote on X, "Yellow Line Brings a New Dawn for Bengaluru's MetroNamma. Metro's Yellow Line was inaugurated today by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi at Ragigudda Metro Station."
The Prime Minister was seen buying a ticket through QR code-enabled ticket vending machines at the Ragigudda metro station before flagging off the Yellow Line of the Namma Metro.
Following the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Karnataka on Sunday, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for several development projects, preparations are underway in full swing near Ragigudda Metro Station.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, PM Modi will flag off 3 Vande Bharat Express trains at KSR Railway Station in Bengaluru at around 11 am. Thereafter, he will flag off Yellow line of Bangalore metro and undertake a metro ride from RV Road (Ragigudda) to Electronic
Former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai accused Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar of misleading the people regarding the inflow of the Cauvery water.
The Shimoga district administration in Karnataka imposed section 144 in the premises of Shivamogga Mahanagara Palika limits following stone pelting during Eid Milad procession in Shantinagar-Ragigudda on Monday.
At least five people were injured after a procession was reportedly pelted with stones near Ragigudda in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Sunday evening, police said.