Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu experienced first hand the frustration among that citizens feel about Namma Metro. His early morning ride on Namma Metro turned into a feedback session with many users urging him to direct the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) to hasten the Phase 1 and ensure that Phase 2 is on track.
The Minister, who was in town for an event, boarded a metro train at 8 a.m. from the Sampige Road station and travelled till Nagasandra and back on Reach 3. He was accompanied by senior BMRCL officials. “He spoke to several passengers en-route. While they stated that they were happy with the services currently operational, they urged him to speed up the progress of work on all phases,” a senior BMRCL official said.
Later, Mr. Naidu took to Twitter to announce news of his interaction.
Interacted with lot of commuters in Namma Metro Bangalore. Got a feedback that everything is OK. That made me happy. >pic.twitter.com/yyXMFKQeB3
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) >June 26, 2016
Almost immediately, Twitter users took to criticizing his ‘everything OK’ message and asked him to enquire into the recent vandalising of metro stations by supporters of a Congress MLA.
>@MVenkaiahNaidu Everything is OK! You spoke to the wrong people. Metro is behind schedule. How can the remaining phases be completed faster?
— Hrishikesh M (@hrishims) >June 26, 2016
Several other issues being faced by Bengaluru like bad roads on the Outer Ring Road were also raised.
>@MVenkaiahNaidu>@YuvaiTV The big thing that's not OK is, by this time 2 phases should have got completed. But ph1 itself still in progress
— Sanghi Raya (@nkrrao) >June 26, 2016
