Projects Today reported that Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority board has approved the Line 2 Phase I of Charkop Bandra Mankhurd metro rail project on December 24th 2007. The state cabinet will approve the final proposal and work on the 20 kilometer route is expected to start by 2012.
It is learnt that most of the stretch will be underground due to the problems of acquiring land and the state government is considering two options namely
1) The first option comprised an INR 8,857 crore proposal wherein the Colaba to Mahalaxmi stretch of the Metro will run underground
2) The second option of the INR 12,152 crore Colaba Mahim stretch proposal, which will to be underground and an elevated stretch from Mahim to Bandra will be provided
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has received requests for qualification from seven consortia for developing the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro Rail project line 2, for which the global tender was closed on 11 June 2007. The seven consortia includes
1. Reliance Industries along with Siemens AG and Gammon India
2. Reliance Energy in partnership with Canadian firm SNC Levalin
3. Bombardier Transportation and YTL Malaysia have teamed up with Hyderabad-based GVK Industries
4. Alstom along with the Essar Group and Lanco Infratech
5. Mitsubishi in partnership with TATA Power
6. Larsen& Toubro Ltd has formed a consortium with Spanish rolling stock supplier CAF and GE
7. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services along with Punj Lloyd and Soma Enterprises.
