Bids for monorail project to be invited

BANGALORE: The state government is set to invite bids (global tenders) for two ambitious monorail projects to be implemented in the city. Proposed as a feeder to the Bangalore Met
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BANGALORE: The state government is set to invite bids (global tenders) for two ambitious monorail projects to be implemented in the city.

Proposed as a feeder to the Bangalore Metro project, both the projects will be implemented under a public-private partnership (PPP) route.

The first project under a 'Swiss Challenge' method will comprise a 15.5km corridor, while the other will extend across a 31-km route (see box).

Sources in the infrastructure development department said bids for the first project under the Swiss Challenge would be invited in December, while that of the second project under a open tender will be called for in MarchApril 2011.

"The first project has been estimated to cost Rs 2,200crore (Rs 140crore/km)," said sources. "Schomi Geodesic, a Malaysian company (the project proponent), has already submitted a detailed project report (DPR) that has been accorded an inprinciple approval."

This project will go for bidding as early as December and would have other international firms challenging the bid made by Schomi.

The second project estimated to cost Rs 5,600 crore would have global tenders being called for in MarchApril 2011.

"The DPR is being prepared Capita Symonds, a UK firm, and is likely to be submitted to the government in January," said a top official on condition of anonymity. "Once this is through, we could have the process of bids rolling."

This is being implemented keeping in view the recommendations made in the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Survey (CTTS) that entails providing 695km of mass rapid transportation systems in Bangalore by 2026.

The CTTS recommendations also include a 42km Metro Rail (Phase1), a 55km Metro Rail (Phase2) and a 34km High Speed Rail Link to the Bengaluru International Airport.

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