KR Puram to Whitefield metro line likely to operate from March

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The metro line construction between K R Puram and Whitefield has been called for inspection of safety measures, Anjum Parvez, the BMRCL managing director has said. The stretch is expected to be operational in March.

“We have submitted all the required documents related to the metro work on this stretch to the metro rail safety commission. The commissioner is expected to start the inspection work on February 16 and submit the report in four to five days. After that, we will begin our trial runs. We are expecting the stretch to be ready for operations from March this year,” Anjum Parvez said.

Tracks, station safety, signaling, and electrical installations throughout the line will be inspected by the commission. The KR Puram-Whitefield stretch is a part of the Byappanahalli-Whitefield length's phase 1 metro development. The phase 2 metro work between KR Puram and Baiyappanahalli won't begin until June.