RVNL to construct 10-km elevated viaduct for Chennai Metro Rail
Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd has been given a ‘letter of acceptance’ from Chennai Metro Rail Restricted to assemble an elevated viaduct of all around 10 km — 9 elevated metro stations — at a price tag of ₹1,134 crore, states a organization announcement to the Bombay Inventory Exchange.
The viaduct will be produced at Sholinganallur Lake-I, Sri Ponniamman Temple (Sholinganallur Lake-II) Sathyabama College (Semmancheri-I), Semmancheri-II, Gandhi Nagar, Navallur, Siruseri Siruseri SIPCOT-1 and Siruseri SIPCOT-2, and a stabling viaduct at SIPCOT.
The development period of time is 1,065 days, the announcement said.
The task is under Period II of the Chennai Metro Rail envisaged as a 118.9 km network with 128 stations. It is composed of three corridors — Corridor-3 from Madhavaram to SIPCOT (45.8 km) Corridor-4 from Lighthouse to Poonamalle Bypass (26.1 km) and Corridor-5 from Madhavaram to Sholinganallur (47 km).
The estimated cost of the job is ₹63,246 crore and it is scheduled to be finished by the stop of 2026, in accordance to information and facts on the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd website.
At the time of filing this tale, RVNL share was investing at ₹71.85, up by ₹1.50 or 2.13 per cent.
