5 Bidders for Delhi Meerut RRTS’ Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar
5 construction firms have submitted tenders (bids) to build the 4.3 km Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar Package 6 of the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut (RRTS) Line after officials from the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) opened tenders today afternoon to reveal its list of bidders.
This elevated package includes building a viaduct from Sarai Kale Khan to New Ashok Nagar’s Down-Ramp, a bridge over the Yamuna River, an entry ramp leading to the Jangpura Stabling Yard (where a few Bombardier train-sets will stabled overnight for morning services) and two elevated stations at Sarai Kale Khan and New Ashok Nagar.
Bidders:
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
- Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL)
- Afcons Infrastructure Ltd.
- GR Infrastructure
- Dilip Buildcon Ltd. – Sam (India) Builtwell JV
NCRTC invited tenders for this package in February 2020 with an estimate of Rs. 1112 crore and expects the assigned contractor to complete work in 910 days (30 months).
Brief Scope of Package 6: DM/CN/COR-OF/095: Construction of elevated viaduct from Sarai Kale Khan station to New Ashok Nagar DN Ramp including Jangpura Entry ramp and two Nos. of elevated stations viz., Sarai Kale Khan & New Ashok Nagar [including Preengineered steel roof structure but excluding Architectural Finishing of Stations] of Delhi – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridor
The bids have now been sent for technical evaluation which can take a couple months to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely contractor of this package.
With this development, here’s the current status of each package –
| Package / Section | Status |
| Package 1: Sahibabad Ramp – Ghaziabad Station (elevated, 2 stations) | Under construction by KEC-CCECC JV |
| Package 2: Ghaziabad Station – Duhai EPE crossing (elevated, 2 stations) | Under construction by APCO-CRFG JV |
| Package 3 Lot-1: Duhai (EPE) – Modi Nagar North (elevated, 2 stations) | L&T awarded contract in March |
| Package 3 Lot-2: Modi Nagar North – Shatabdi Nagar (elevated, 5 stations) | L&T awarded contract in March |
| Package 4: New Ashok Nagar Ramp – Anand Vihar – Sahibabad Ramp (underground, 1 station) | Technical Bid Evaluation in Progress (5 bids received) |
| Package 5A: Duhai Depot / Workshop | Bids Invited in January |
| Package 6: Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar (elevated, 2 stations) | Bids Invited in Feb; Technical Bids Opened Today (this post) |
| Package 7: Shatabdi Nagar – Brahampuri – Brahampuri DN Ramp (elevated, 1 station) AND Begumpul UP Ramp – MES Colony – Daurli – Meerut North – Modipuram (elevated, 4 stations) | Bids Invited in April |
| Package 8: Brahampuri DN Ramp to Begumpul UP Ramp (underground, 3 stations) | Bids invited in February |
| Package X: Modipuram Depot / Workshop | Bid Notice Pending |
For more updates, check out the NCR RRTS section of The Metro Rail Guy!
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I expect the construction activities to pickup pace in the coming months for the 3 RRTS corridors.
Hi, for the Panipat line, there’s still a still a long way to go – more than 1.5 years I’d say. The DPR for that line still needs approval from the state governments before NCRTC starts tendering for any kind of pre-construction geotechnical investigation or pile load tests.
I’m super excited about the other 2 lines’s dev works picking up pace!
Which State govt is yet to approve it? Delhi or Haryana. And is there any news/update on other proposed Rapid Rail lines like Delhi – Rohtak or Delhi – Palwal.
Both governments. Haryana govt has approved the preparation/revision of its DPR to include an extension to Karnal, but the actual project hasn’t been approved.
Other RRTS lines will be taken up in Phase 2. I believe there’s at least 4 years to go before any serious pre-construction work begins.
I think is 11 km viaduct construction.
Project viaduct upto new ashok nagar ramp .45 Sarai kale khane and Anand vihar 12.54 chainage
Hi, Ashok Nagar – Anand Vihar section is part of Package 4 which is roughly 5.6 km.
I haven’t seen chainage figures for Sarai Kale Khan – New Ashok Nagar Ramp, but using Google Maps’ distance estimation tool by following its tentative alignment, distance comes out between 4.2 – 4.5 km.