MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): J Kumar Infraprojects has emerged as the lowest bidder for the pre-engineered building (PEB) roof and architectural finishing contract at five stations on the 23.6 km long Line-2B (Yellow Line) of Mumbai Metro connecting DN Nagar-BKC-Mandale.
The five elevated stations are located at Diamond Nagar, Shivaji-Chowk, BSNL, Mankhurd, and Mandale.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) invited proposals for Package CA-158, with an estimated cost of Rs 100.30 crore, in the beginning of January 2023. When the technical proposals were issued in February, J Kumar Infraprojects submitted the lowest bid of Rs 99.29 crore.
The scope of work includes fabrication, erection of PEB structural steel works, and plumbing work for five elevated stations along the metro line 2B route from Diamond Garden to Mandale in the Mumbai Metro rail project of MMRDA.
By 2025, the first five stations of Line-2B are anticipated to be operational.
Station civil construction and PEB roof work are divided into two packages by MMRDA. In April 2019, NCC received the civil construction contract (Package CA-07), and the first set of U-girders was put into service in January 2020.