Afcons & Shankaranarayana Awarded Bangalore Metro Phase 2A Work
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Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. and Shankaranarayana Constructions Pvt. Ltd. on Monday were finally issued work orders to construct the 18.236 km Central Silkboard – KR Puram (Phase 2A) project of the 57 km Blue Line.
Tenders for this elevated line’s construction on the Outer Ring Road were invited by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) in December 2019, and both firms emerged as the lowest bidders among 9 in October 2020.
The 1st package (Silkboard – Kodibeesanahalli) includes a 9.859 km viaduct, 6 elevated stations and a roughly 2.84 km long flyover with loops at Central Silkboard. The 2nd package (Kodibeesanahalli – KR Puram) includes a 8.377 km viaduct, 7 elevated stations, a 1.097 km depot-line linking to the existing Baiyapanahalli Depot and a 0.30 km pocket track.
Package 1 – 9.859 KM
Awarded to: Afcons Infrastructure
- Deadline: 27 months
- BMRCL’s Estimate: Rs. 731.18 Crore
- Afcons’ Bid & Final Contract Value: Rs. 7,852,380,452.00 (Rs. 785.24 crore)
Contract: Package 1- PHASE 2A/P1/60(a)
Scope: Construction of elevated structures (Viaduct & Stations) of length 9.859 km from Chainage 0.000 m to 9859.000 m and 6 Nos of elevated metro stations viz, Central Silk Board, HSR layout, Agara, Ibbalur, Bellandur, Kadubeesanahalli including road widening, Utility diversion and allied works of Bengaluru Metro Rail Project Phase-2A. AND Construction of loops, ramps for road flyover at Central Silk Board junction of approx. length of 2.84 Km including Road widening & allied works in Reach5 line (R5/P4) of Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, Phase-2.
Package 2 – 8.377 KM
Awarded to: Shankaranarayana Constructions
- Deadline: 27 months
- BMRCL’s Estimate: Rs. 594.25 crore
- Shankaranarayana’s Bid and Final Contract Value: Rs. 6,235,521,218.00 (Rs. 623.55 crore)
Contract: Package 2 – PHASE 2A/P2/60(b)
Scope: Construction of elevated structures (Viaduct & Stations) of length 9.774 km from Chainage 9859.000 m to 18236.000 m and 7 Nos of elevated metro stations viz, Kodibeesanahalli, Marathahalli, ISRO, Doddanekundi, DRDO sports complex, Saraswathi Nagar and K R Puram including 1.097 km length link line to Baiyappanahalli Depot, 0.30 km length Pocket track, Road widening, Utility diversion and allied works of Bengaluru Metro Rail Project Phase -2A
Detailed information of this line from its DPR can be viewed here. Trains of this line will be stabled at the existing Baiyappanahalli Depot which will be remodeled and repurposed.
The Central Government’s cabinet in April approved the Blue Line’s construction in Phase 2A and 2B, and a bulk of the funds for it will be sourced through loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Utility diversion, demolition and other pre-construction activities have been underway since 2019 by small-time contractors, but additional work will be required by both contractors.
With this exciting development, I’m expecting basic site preparation work to start in Q3 2021 with full fledged construction work in Q4 2021. The state government has set a June 2025 deadline for starting commercial operations, which to me is highly aggressive and not attainable.
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– TMRG
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