Chennai Metro Rail awards contract worth ₹1,134-cr to Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. recently signed a contract agreement worth ₹1,134 crore with Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. for the construction of an elevated viaduct for CMRL Phase-II.

The contract is part of Asian Development Bank funding for Phase-II under the loan agreement.

This is the last elevated corridor tender awarded for CMRL Phase-II, said a press release.

The contract involves the construction of an elevated viaduct (about 10 km) - nine elevated metro stations at Sholinganallur Lake-I, Sri Ponniamman Temple (Sholinganallur Lake-II), Sathyabama University (Semmeancheri-I), Semmeancheri-II, Gandhi Nagar, Navallur, Siruseri, Siruseri SIPCOT-1 and Siruseri SIPCOT-2 and a stabling viaduct at Sipcot CMRL.

The contract agreement was signed by T Archunan, Director (Projects), on behalf of CMRL, and Chaudhary Rajneesh Kumar Singh, Sr.DGM/Electrical/BD, on behalf of RVNL, the press release said.

HBL