Thank you all for your highly valuable inputs ! Since it is fire piping, we can refer NFPA 13/25 which allows hydro testing at Max operating pressure plus 50psi which is 17bar as rightly suggested by 1503-44
The nearest Indian equivalent IS 13039 section 7.1 also calls for 1.5X OP. EdStainless...
A large high rise apt community in India following IS ( mostly follow British Stds) codes is facing corrosion of 110m high of 3 X 6" CS fire mains filled with untreated bore well water in storage tanks per original flawed design. Its only 2 yrs old.The builder wants to replace corroded portion...