Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp, has been selected to supply 112 Gen2 elevators for Phase-II of the Bengaluru Metro project undertaken by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL).
The company will supply the units from its local manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The Bengaluru Metro project is also known as the Namma Metro project. Once completed, it is expected to be India’s third longest Metro network. In 2018, the riding network boasted a recorded annual ridership of 131.7 million.
The project’s Phase-II is expected to be completed by 2023. It will cover 27 stations connecting the city’s manufacturing and tech hubs of Electronics City and Whitefield.