Rithwik – Soma JV Awarded Mumbai Metro Dongri Depot’s Contract CA-207
Rithwik Projects – Soma Enterprise JV earlier this month was awarded a Rs. 701.94 crore contract for constructing Mumbai Metro Red Line‘s Dongri Depot by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
Dongri Depot & Workshop, under Package CA-207, is planned to come up on 41.36 hectares of land in north-west Mumbai (view on Google Maps). This facility will be built to stable and maintain BEML trains for the entire Red Line (Line-9, Line-7 & Line-7A) connecting Dongri – Mira Bhayandar – Dahisar East – Gundavali – CSIA Terminal 2.
Besides an Operations Control Centre (OCC), Dongri Depot will consist of a 690m long test track with platforms, stabling shed (SBL) with 20 lines (with room for 18 future lines), workshop shed (WSL) area with 3 lines, an inspection shed (IBL) area with 4 lines, receiving substation (RSS) and two auxiliary substations (ASS).
- Final Contract Value: Rs. 701,94,36,822.00 (Excluding GST)
- Contract Deadline: 52 months
MMRDA had invited bids for the depot’s civil construction in February 2024 with a Rs. 639.58 crore estimate and 52 months (4.3 year) construction deadline.
Technical bids were opened on June 25 to reveal 3 bidders, and financial bids were opened in July to reveal Rithwik – SOMA JV as the lowest bidder – see details.
Rithwik – Soma JV’s bid of Rs. 733.24 crore was 14.64% higher than MMRDA’s estimate, which was negotiated down by MMRDA to Rs. 701.94 crore.
Brief Scope: Depot land development works and Construction of Depot Infrastructures Comprising Stabling Yard, Operation Control Centre, Depot Control Centre, Administrative Building, Maintenance and Inspection buildings, Auxiliary substation, Road, underground utility duct, Drainage System and Rainwater Harvesting etc. complete (including Architectural Finishing ,Plumbing and PEB Works) for CAR Depot at Dongri for Metro Line- 9 of Mumbai Metro Rail Project of MMRDA
This is Rithwik Projects’ second depot construction-related contract in Mumbai. Back in September 2023, they were awarded Line-5 Kasheli Depot’s 589.56 crore contract under Package CA-151.
As shared in the past – Dongri Depot’s contract duration at 52 months is unusually long since the site currently comprises of a hill which will have to be levelled. The package’s scope identifies the ‘land development’ component will include cutting, filling, preparatory works, tree transplantation and soil stabilization.
Access to the Dongri Depot will require a 4.9 km long extension of Line-9 on Uttan Road from Subhash Chandra Bose Ground Station. A tender for its viaduct and 2 stations’ construction work at Murdha and Rai Goan is pending.
It goes without saying but once Dongri Depot is built, all Red Line BEML train-sets currently stabled & maintained at Line-2’s operational Charkop Depot and the under construction Mandale Depot will move to Dongri Depot.
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Hey TMRG, if MMRDA plans to move all trains if L2 to Dongri depot, then what’s the utility of gigantic Mandale depot presently being constructed for Line 2B.
I guess L2B can start by 2026 end, and Dongri depot to get ready by 2030. So Mandale would he utilised only for 3 years – seems its potential will be underutilised.
Hi, Yellow Line’s Mandale Depot is currently being used to store/stage Red Line trains from BEML as Charkop Depot is at capacity. Only the trains earmarked for the Red Line will be moved to Dongri, the ones for Yellow will stay or get redistributed to Charkop.
So L9 won’t be operational till 2030 although tracks and station will be completed by 2026?
Nope, I’m not suggesting that 🙂 Line-9 will initially be serviced by trains running out of Charkop Depot
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