KR Puram-Whitefield Metro is so near and yet so far KR Puram-Whitefield Metro is so near and yet so far ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jan 28, 2021, 06:49 IST 90% of work is done, but slow pace at two crucial spots is holding up the project Construction work of the elevated Metro corridor between KR Puram and Whitefield is progressing well, and you could even believe that the eastern extension of Purple line will be ready for commissioning in a year’s time. But hold your horses, fellow citizens. Though the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd ( BMRCL) has completed about 90 per cent of the civil works, the project is facing delays at two places where not even five per cent of the civil work is complete.