CMRL awards consultancy contract of Metro corridor 4

The Chennai Metro Rail Corporation has awarded the consultancy contracts to Nippon Koei, Aarvee Associates and Balaji Railroad Systems Pvt Ltd for general consultancy work for the 52-km priority corridor. It is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and starts from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur and Madhavaram to CMBT covering two corridors. Corridor 4 connects Lighthouse with Poonamalle Bypass, running a total distance of 26.1 km. The general consultant would provide expertise at all stages of corridor 3 construction and help in the project's speedy construction. The consultant has been appointed by China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, partly funding the construction of the corridor. The general consultant will monitor the execution of the work by all the contractor of the various stretches of corridor-4. They will play a role till the line is ready for the operation and provide expertise in various stages of execution.

In corridor 4 connecting Poonamallee Bypass to Light House, the CMRL has awarded the contract for the construction of a 7.95 km elevated viaduct section from Chennai Bypass to Poonamallee Bypass and nine elevated stations on the section to a joint venture firm Hindustan Construction Company Ltd and KEC International Ltd. L&T had already won the contract for construction of elevated viaduct from Power House to Porur Junction with nine stations. The elevated corridor includes about 4 km of double-deck construction, with both the decks being used for the Metro Rail which will be the first of its kind in the country.

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CMRL awards consultancy contract of Metro corridor 4

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