LMRCL Invites Bids for Lucknow Metro’s KDSB Stadium – Munshipulia Section

Lucknow’s Metro is slowly inching northwards! After opening and evaluating bids for the 3.44 km underground section of the 22.878 km north-south line on February 11, the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. has now invited bids for a further northward extension and 2nd last piece of the line! The 8.63 km Package LKCC-07 from KD Singh Babu Stadium to the line’s northern terminal of Munshipulia is the longest section of Lucknow’s Metro project so far and will be entirely elevated with 8 stations.

Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Ltd. invites open tenders from eligible applicants, who fulfill qualification criteria as stipulated in Clause 1.1.4 of NOT, for the work, Contract LKCC-07 : Construction of elevated viaduct and 8 Nos. elevated stations (viz. K.D.Singh Babu Stadium Station, Vishwavidyalaya Station, I.T. College Station, Badshah Nagar Station, Lekhraj Station, R.S.Mishra Station, Indira Nagar Station and Munshipulia Station) including special spans on North – South Corridor, Phase 1A of Lucknow Metro at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
– link to notice

The Detailed Project Report prepared by the DMRC had proposed a station at Mahanagar between IT College and Badshah Nagar, but the LMRC has now dropped as it was only 673 meters away from the Badshah Nagar station. The Indira Nagar and Munshipulia stations with a distance of 1.56 km between them will be the farthest apart on this stretch followed by the KD Singh Babu and University of Lucknow (Vishwavidyalaya) stations with a distance of 1.48 km.

LKCC-07 from KD Singh Babu Stadium to Munshipulia – view Lucknow Metro map and information

The last date for submission of tender documents for bidding is 3 pm on May 16 after which the bids will be opened & evaluated at 3:30 pm. After the contract is finalized, piling work for this section of the line can be expected to begin as soon as August 2016.

With this notice out, the bidding process for only 1 more package of the north-south line between Transport Nagar and the Chowdhary Charan Singh Airport is left to begin.

Packages of Lucknow Metro’s North-South line #1

The location of the airport station on that little 2 km section has not yet been finalized as the Airports Authority of India (AAI) wants it to be built farther away from the terminal due to security reasons. Whenever the LMRC and AAI reach an agreement over it, the LMRC will then invite tenders to build it. Hopefully soon!

For more updates on the Lucknow Metro, check out the Lucknow section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG