Crucial three-day test for Whitefield metro line from February 22

A K Rai, the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (Southern Circle), will start a three-day inspection of the 12.75-km K R Puram-Whitefield metro line on Wednesday. The CMRS inspection is the crucial final step in commissioning a metro line.

BMRCL boss Anjum Parwez said that the CMRS would check everything — from civil, mechanical, electrical and signalling systems to station work. If the CMRS is satisfied that everything is in order, he will issue a certificate in two to three days. But if he makes a remark and asks for adjustments, compliance will take 10 days more, Parwez said.

“We will need a minimum of 15 days to commission the line,” he told DH.