A year after cracks in platform columns at Kavi Subhash Metro station in Kolkata, fissures were observed on the pillars of City Centre Metro Station in the city on Wednesday.
City Centre metro station is a part of the new corridor of the Green Line that spans from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V. The cracks were reportedly first observed on the pillar of the metro station were visibly deep.
To examine the cracks, a team consisting chief engineer, structural engineers and other senior officials of the Kolkata Metro Railway reached the spot. According to the city metro railway office, a team of engineers started a technical study and other examinations of the cracks.
The revealation triggered apprehension among sections of daily commuters who anticipated a similar situation like Kavi Subhash Metro Station.
Ruling out any such possibilities, the Kolkata Metro Railway office said the City Centre Metro station is completely safe for operations.
“Preliminary report indicated that what was observed on Wednesday can be described as cladding, commonly referred to an external crack, that has not affected the main structure and the station is fully safe,” the chief public relations officer of Kolkata Metro Railway, S.S. Kanan said.
“Metro services are normal. The cladding crack as per the preliminary report shall be attended to,” he added.
Earlier on 28 July, 2025 cracks were observed in four columns of the platform of Kavi Subhash Metro station, prompting the authorities to suspend commercial services as a precautionary measure.
The cracks were suspected to have resulted from uneven settlement of the platform due to heavy rains that the city had witnessed in July 2025. Later, the metro authorities decided to repair and reconstruct the affected parts of Kavi Subhash Metro Station.