The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is doing its bit to promote Bengaluru as the garden city. Pillars on the line between Sampige Road and Peenya Industry, and from National College to R.V. Road metro station on the Green Line will have vertical gardens. There are 549 pillars of which 96 will have vertical gardens.
The BMRCL is contemplating roping in art institutions to set up installation in the median below the metro stations.
It is implementing the project through licencees who will receive a contract to put an advertisement panel on the pillar. Bidders will have six months to grow the garden.
“Vertical garden is one of the hottest trends on piers. They can disguise the concrete structure and make it attractive. Though, vertical gardens seem like a simple solution, professional help is required to sustain it over a period of time. Hence, the licencee is obliged to engage the services of professionals to develop and maintain the vertical garden,” said a release from the BMRCL.
The licencee can also seek sponsors under corporate social responsibility funds. The BMRCL had introduced a vertical garden on piers at the Rangoli Metro Art Centre on M.G. Road.
