Japan, Korea, German firms bid for Chennai Metro project
Seven consortia railroad construction and consultancy firms from Europe, the US, Japan, and Korea have shown interest to work as a general consultant for the construction of Chennai Metro’s 26.1km corridor-4 phase-2.
Japan’s Nippon Koei Co; Korea Rail Network Authority; US-based AECOM Asia Company; France’s Systra and Egis Rail, Germany’s DB Engineering and Consulting; and Rites, owned by Government of India all submitted tenders for the general consultant contract when CMRL opened technical bids on Tuesday. The chosen consultant will begin work from January 2021.
The consultancy service is funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which will provide a loan of around Rs2700 crores for construction of a part of corridor 4.
The 26.1km corridor from Lighthouse to Poonamallee will have 30 stations, including 12 underground, and will connect Mylapore, Nandanam, T Nagar, Kodambakkam and and Vadapalani with fast developing areas in the west suburbs.
