The opening of the Mysuru Road-Magadi Road stretch of Namma Metro (Reach 2 of purple line) might see more delays as there are civil works pending at some stations. While the safety clearance for the reach was given in late September, the starting of commercial operations was initially scheduled for mid-October. At that the time, officials had said there were a few legal formalities which would be completed by then. The deadline was then changed to end of October.

“There are small issues which have to be cleared before we can go ahead with starting the operations. For instance, civil works are pending in some stations and they will be completed soon. For now, we are considering beginning operations by mid-November,” a senior official said.

The 6.4-km stretch has six stations — Magadi Road, Hosahalli, Vijayanagar, Attiguppe, Deepanjali Nagar and Mysore Road Terminal, near Nayandahalli. Trial runs on the stretch were completed in March.

Currently, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is working on asphalting service roads near Vijaynagar, Hosahalli and Attiguppe stations.