Bengaluru: Tamil Nadu’s plan to build South India’s first interstate metro line connecting Bengaluru and Hosur appears to have hit a dead end, with the BMRCL saying it is “technically not feasible”.

The development comes as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has lined up an ambitious expansion plan, preparing feasibility reports for four extensions, examining three more extensions and one new line.

These studies were commissioned after the Centre asked the BMRCL to prepare a master plan to expand the Bengaluru metro network to 470 km, which will help expedite approvals.

The BMRCL has informed the Karnataka government that the 23-km Hosur-Bommasandra corridor will use different traction (electrical power) systems and cannot be integrated into Namma Metro

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