Bengaluru:Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Wednesday slammed the BMRCL authorities for the sluggish pace of work on the airport line.

\"Is building a metro pillar rocket science? Do you need two to three years to finish just one pillar? If you can't complete the work, at least free the road for traffic,\" he said, as senior BMRCL officials listened.

Gowda represents the Byatarayanapura assembly constituency, which includes parts of the 38.44-km KR Pura-Airport stretch on the Blue Line.

He inspected the stretch between Nagawara and Allalasandra, near Yelahanka.

Officials have dumped unnecessary materials used for metro work at the site without proper disposal, he stated.

He made it clear that delays in metro construction were causing problems for the public and sought to know why

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