Ranjit Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 C3’s 1st U-Girder

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) on Tuesday launched the first pair of 27.90m long U-girders for Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 project‘s Package C3 connecting Sector-1 – Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.

The milestone was recorded on top of piers P-12 and P-13 located between Gandhinagar’s Sector-1 and Sector 10A. I estimate a total of 430 U-girders will eventually be launched by RBL.

7.553 km long elevated Package C3 was awarded to Dilip Buildcon (DBL) in October 2022 with a contract value Rs. 723.45 crore. Construction works were subsequently subcontracted out to Ranjit Buildcon.

Ranjit’s team in February had started piling works  – the first step of the construction process – and cast their first pier at the same spot.

Package C3 consists of 7 elevated stations at Sachivalaya, Akshardham, Juna Sachivalaya, Sector-16, Sector-24 and Mahatma Mandir.

This is the 3rd and final section of 28.254 km Phase 2 which will see Ahmedabad’s north-south Red Line getting extended by 22.838 km from Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir via 20 new stations with a 5.416 km spur from GNLU to GIFT City which includes 2 new stations.

With this development, U-girder launching activity is now underway across all 3 packages of Phase 2:

• 14.36 km Package C1: Afcons Infrastructure in December 2021 – see details & pics
• 6.478 km Package C2: Ranjit Buildcon in November 2021 – see details & pics
• 7.553 km Package C3: Ranjit Buildcon in March 2023 – this post!

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– TMRG