At the Pink Line inauguration, which took Namma Metro past 103 km, CM DK Shivakumar urged the Prime Minister to ease the State’s metro cost burden. He sought time-bound approvals, city-specific costing, shared forex risk and operational losses, and Red Line approval. He also sought ₹62,482 crore in drought relief, better sugarcane prices, and a rethink on Western Ghats eco-sensitive zones.