Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) has floated the design-and-build contract tender to construct the 11.2-km viaduct for Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension and 10 stations en route.
The technical bid for the metro’s Phase-II extension to Kakkanad, christened the Pink Line, will be opened on October 27, while the work will be awarded to the successful bidder by mid-November. The civil construction work for the ₹1,957-crore extension would be completed in 20 months, and the system and signalling works would get over in another four months, KMRL Managing Director Loknath Behera said here on Friday.
“Aimed at completing the 11.2-km metro extension in 24 months, we will commence the viaduct work at six locations and four station sites simultaneously. In addition, unlike in Phase-1, the pre-cast method of constructing stations will be adopted, to save time. For this, a six-hectare pre-cast yard has been identified on HMT premises at Kalamassery,” he added.
