Bids Invited for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s UG1 Underground Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) last week invited tenders (bids) for the underground construction work of Kolkata Metro Purple Line’s 5.05 km long Mominpur – Esplanade section (Package UG1).

This northern and final section of the 15.215 km Line-3 (Joka – Esplanade) will consist of twin tunnels running through 4 stations at Kidderpore, Victoria, Park Street and Esplanade. Yuksel Proje – Tumas JV had won its General Consultant (GC) contract in March 2021.

• Estimated Value: Rs. 2571.28 crore
• Deadline: Unknown
• Bid Submission Deadline: 10/10/2022

IFB No: RVNL_Kol2_MTC_JOKA_UG1

Brief Scope: Design and construction of the ramp and underground metro railway works from mominpur (excl.) to esplanade, 5.05 km (from chainage 9063.00m to 14113.00m) including four underground stations (viz. khidderpore, victoria, park street and esplanade), tunnels by tunnel boring machine and cut & cover method, architectural finishing works, track works, etc. in connection with joka-esplanade metro corridor in the city of state of west bengal, india

The assigned contractor will be required to deploy two new tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with one TBM on stand-by.

Twin tunnels will pass through the Military’s Maidan area, near Fort William, and an agreement on its alignment with Ministry of Defence (MoD) has taken a good 10 years to materialize.

If things go according to the prescribed schedule, then we should see a contractor getting assigned in the 2nd half of 2023, with tunneling work starting in the 2nd half of 2024.

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– TMRG