Metro selects one more consultant for phase II
The Hindu
It will monitor work on the Light House to Poonamallee line
From managing quality to tracking deadlines, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) has appointed a general consultant for monitoring a section of the phase II project.
According to sources in CMRL, the bid was opened and the joint venture of AECOM India, Oriental Consultants Global and Nippon Koei has been chosen as the general consultant for the 26.09 km Poonamallee-Light House stretch, which constitutes one of the three stretches in the phase II project whose cost is pegged at ₹61,843 crore and total length is 118.9 km.
For two other sections — Madhavaram to CMBT and Madhavaram to Shollinganallur, the joint venture of Nippon Koei, Aarvee Associates and Balaji Railroad Systems Pvt Ltd. has been chosen as the general consultant.
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