CMRL floats tenders for ₹2,671-cr elevated corridor

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has floated tenders for an 8km elevated line between Porur Junction and Poonamallee bypass. The stretch is part of the 26-km corridor-4 from Light House to Poonamallee Bypass being funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, involving an investment of ₹2,671 crore. The Phase-2 of the project will have 118.9-km across three corridors with 128 stations, to be built at a cost of ₹69,000 crore. The construction for a 52-km stretch of the phase will begin before the year-end and will be ready by 2024-25. The tender requires a company that can build the elevated corridor with nine stations including Chennai bypass crossing, Ramachandra Hospital, Iyyappanthangal bus depot, Kattupakkam, Kumanan Chavadi, Karayan Chavadi, Mullai Thottam, Poonamallee Bus terminus and Poonamallee bypass as well as the approach to the depot to come up at Poonamallee in three years. The Corridor-4 cuts across the core part of the city linking several localities with the developing outskirts. Mylapore, Nandanam, T Nagar, Kodambakkam and Vadapalani will be connected to the developing IT hub in Porur and places such as Iyyappanthangal, Kattupakkam and Poonamallee.

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