LT, Reliance Infra bid for country's first monorail
Two consortia have submitted their financial and technical bids to construct the country's first monorail corridor in Mumbai city.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: Two consortia have submitted their financial and technical bids to construct the country's first monorail corridor in Mumbai city, expected to be ready by 2011, authorities said on Tuesday.
A consortium of engineering firm Larsen and Toubro with Malaysian firm Scomi and another consisting of the Anil Ambani-headed Reliance Infrastructure with Japanese firm Hitachi have submitted their bids to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
The elevated monorail corridor, 20 km in length, will be from Jacob Circle in central Mumbai to Chembur in north east Mumbai. In monorail, the vehicle operates on a single beam instead of dual tracks as in conventional rail systems.
"The bids will be scrutinised by us and we are hoping to complete the process in about a week," Vishnu Kumar, a senior official with the MMRDA said.
Railways firm RITES, which has been the consultant for the project, will be assisting the MMRDA in scrutinising the two bids, he said.
The monorail system, which will consist of four compartments, each with a capacity of about 150 persons, could carry upto 15,000 persons per hour in one direction, Madhukar Kharat, Executive Engineer with the Mass Rapid Transit System section of the MMRDA said.
A consortium of engineering firm Larsen and Toubro with Malaysian firm Scomi and another consisting of the Anil Ambani-headed Reliance Infrastructure with Japanese firm Hitachi have submitted their bids to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
The elevated monorail corridor, 20 km in length, will be from Jacob Circle in central Mumbai to Chembur in north east Mumbai. In monorail, the vehicle operates on a single beam instead of dual tracks as in conventional rail systems.
"The bids will be scrutinised by us and we are hoping to complete the process in about a week," Vishnu Kumar, a senior official with the MMRDA said.
Railways firm RITES, which has been the consultant for the project, will be assisting the MMRDA in scrutinising the two bids, he said.
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"We hope to begin work on the first line of the monorail project by the end of the monsoons and we expect it to be ready within two-and-a-half years," Kumar said. The monorail system, which will consist of four compartments, each with a capacity of about 150 persons, could carry upto 15,000 persons per hour in one direction, Madhukar Kharat, Executive Engineer with the Mass Rapid Transit System section of the MMRDA said.
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