CMRL awards ₹1620-cr twin contracts to L&T

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged contracts for the two upper sections of the Chennai Metro Phase-2 project including 47 km Line-5, which will link Madhavaram – Sholinganallur to 48 stations. L&T was the only bidder for Packages CP-10-EV-03 and C5-ECV-02 when the technical bids were opened thereby making it clear that the company would be the lowest bidder when Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) passed on a technical bid review and proceeded to the filing of the funding application in September 2021. L&T's bid for this project was ₹1,620 crore and the given deadline to complete this project is 36 months.

The scope of work comprises the construction of about 10.2 km of the high viaduct, high ramp, and 11 elevated stations from Assissi Nagar to CMBT (except for the subway section from Retteri Ramp to Nathamuni Ramp) and cut section and cover, depot route of about 1.5 km and also the subway station Venugopal Nagar and to verify the suitability of the building design including completion, plumbing works, signage and all allied works in corridor 5.