24.12.11

Ahmedabad Metro snippets

Companies from across the globe have shown interest in building infrastructure for the proposed Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project. Metrolink Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (Mega) Co Ltd, a special purpose vehicle which is executing the project, has received proposals from 28 national and international construction giants for the ambitious rail project. These include firms from Turkey, China, Malaysia, Spain and Russia. Leading companies like Gammon India, Hindustan Construction Company, Lanco Infratech, IL&FS, L&T, China’s Continental Engineering Corporation, Turkey's Alsim Alarko San Tes, Transstroy-OJSC – an Indo-Russian joint venture, Isolux Corsan-C&C Constructions – an Indo-Spain joint venture are among those in the fray after having submitted expression of interest to build sub-structures. These include the piling foundation and columns and the super-structure on which the train runs. “The size of the contract will be worth Rs 2,000 crore for the civil and rail part. However, if the government decides to phase it over a four-year period, the cost will be lower. Considering the development stage that Gujarat is in, we may decide to go for the whole stretch of 60 km at one go, which will require multiple contractors,” said a Mega official. Earlier this year, the Gujarat government touted it as a ‘zero land acquisition project', as most of the metrorail network will be erected on an elevated corridor constructed on public roads.

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