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Bids for new EPC contracts for Mumbai Metro’s two elevated corridors — Metro Line 2B and Metro Line 4 — were opened here on Tuesday and seven out of ten infrastructure developers who submitted bids earlier this year have bagged contracts, industry sources said.
Four packages were up for bidding in the DN Nagar-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro-2B corridor and there were five packages of Wadala-Ghatkopar-Mulund-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro Line-4 corridor.
Contract winnersReliance Infrastructure and L&T bagged two packages each.
Reliance Infra participated in the bidding in joint venture with Italy-based Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A (RdE). According to knowledgeable sources, the contracts won by each company is in the range of ₹1,200-1,400 crore.
The remaining five packages were won by NCC Infra, Simplex Infrastructures, JMC Projects, TPL-CHEC (a joint venture between Tata Projects and China Harbour Engineering Company), and Mumbai-based J Kumar Infraprojects.
Tata Projects spokesperson confirmed that the joint venture won the Mumbai Metro Line-4 package CA12 for 6 km corridor from Kapurbawdi to Kasarvadavali with 6 elevated stations valued at around ₹675 crore. L&T and Reliance Infra did not officially confirm the developments.
Project costThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has estimated the total cost of Metro Line 2B at ₹10,980 crore and of Metro Line 4 at around ₹14,500 crore. The construction of the elevated viaduct and stations has to be completed within 30 months for both the corridors.
Metro Line 2B from DN Nagar to Mandala is 23.643-km-long elevated corridor with 22 stations that will connect Mumbai’s eastern and western suburbs.
It will provide access to Western Express Highway, Eastern Express Highway, Western and Central Railway lines, Mono Rail as well as Metro Line 1 and Line 2A, Line 4 and Line 3 (Colaba to SEEPZ), which is under construction.
Metro Line 4 from Wadala to Kasarvadavali is 32.32-km-long elevated corridor with 32 stations that will connect Eastern Express Roadway, Central Railway, Mono Rail, Metro Line 2B and the proposed Line 5 (Thane to Kalyan), Line 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli) and Line 8 (Wadala to General Post Office).
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