Mumbai March 3 (IANS) The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Saturday announced appointment of contractors for the elevated viaducts and stations on the Metro-2B and Metro 4 corridors in the Mumbai-Thane region.
The corridors are DN Nagar-Mandale Metro-2B corridors 23.6 km long and costing Rs 10 986 crore and the Wadala-Thane Metro 4 corridor 32.3 km long and costing Rs 14 549-crore said MMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner U.P.S. Madan.
A consortium of MBZ and RCC has been appointed for package 6 of Metro-2B and a consortium of GGYHBCL Neeraj Cement Structural Ltd and MPKHS Pvt Ltd to construct the viaduct and stations of package 7 of Metro-2B he said.
The six stations of package 6 are MTNL Metro SG Barve Marg Kurla Terminus Kurla East EEH and Chembur slated to cost Rs 521-crore.
The five stations on package 7 are Diamond Garden Shivaji Chowk BSNL Metro Mankhurd and Mandale slated to cost Rs 393-crore.
For the Metro-4 corridor s viaduct and stations a consortium of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd and ASTALDI have been appointed for the packages 8 10 and 12 while a consortium of TATA Project Ltd and China Harbour Engineering Company has been approved for packages 9 and 11.
The six stations under package 8 are Bhakti Park Wadala TT Anik Nagar Bus Depot Suman Nagar Siddharth Colony and Amar Mahal Junction slated to cost Rs 540-crore; under package 10 the six stations are Gandhi Nagar Neval Housing Bhandup Mahapalika Bhandup Metro Shangrila and Sonapur costing Rs 513 crore; and six stations under package 12 are Kapurbawdi Manpada Tikuji-ni-Wadi Dongripada Vijay Garden and Kasarvadavali costing Rs 531 crore.
The seven stations under package 9 are Garodia Nagar Pant Nagar Laxmi Nagar Shreyas Cinema Godrej Company Vikhroli Metro and Surya Nagar slated to cost Rs 532-crore; and under package 11 the seven stations are Mululnd Fire Station Mulund Naka Teen Haat Naka RTO Thane Mahapalika Marg Cadbury Junction and Majiwade costing Rs 510-crore.
The MMRDA s executive committee also approved Rs 237-crore for the four-km long Thane-Belapur Road which includes a 1.70 km long tunnel a rail overbridge at Kopri Thane costing Rs 125-crore improvements to the Chheda Nagar Flyover at Rs 223-crore improvements of Murdha Gaon-Uttar Gaon Road in Thane for Rs 61-crore and a two-km road connecting Jesal Park-Ghodbunder Road in Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation area costing Rs 55 crore.
--IANS
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