They in turn will submit financial bids soon. This comes little less than a week after chief minister Jayalalithaa’s intervention who was concerned by the delay being caused to her pet project, and a few days after monorail project director was asked to return from Switzerland where he had gone to attend an international seminar.
The RFP document handed over to two developers proposes to have three corridors will have a total of 450 monorails. The frequency of trains will be one every four minutes in both directions.
According to sources, monorail stations require only minimal space and passengers descending from the monorail can directly reach the exit points through escalators. The monorail systems can be built faster and can be expanded to other parts of the city rapidly causing minimal disruption to traffic during construction.
Two Chennai monorail promoters get RFP
Chennaiites can now heave a sigh of relief as the much-delayed monorail scheme that remained only on paper for nearly a year, is all set to become a reality. For, the final hurdle obstructing the scheme was cleared by the state government on Thursday with handing over of vital request for proposal (RFP) document to the project promoters, which will enable them to submit financial bids.
This comes little less than a week after chief minister Jayalalithaa’s intervention who was concerned by the delay being caused to her pet project, and a few days after monorail project director was asked to return from Switzerland where he had gone to attend an international seminar.
Sources in the government told DC on Thursday that the RFP document was handed over to the two developers who had expressed interest to stay with the ambitious project. As per the document, the three corridors will have a total of 450 monorails and frequency of trains will be one every four minutes in both directions.
“The RFP document runs into over 900 pages was handed over to the two prospective developers Thursday by the project director. They will have to submit their financial bids by July end,” said a source. The RFP encompasses specifications, requirements, and expectations of the state government for effective implementation of the project. In all probability works will start by ate July or early August.
The state government had floated fresh bids for identifying the developer in early 2012 after cancelling the previous tender due to some alleged discrepancies. After the preliminary stage, five consortia of firms had been finalized.
Of these, only two – Scomi engineering that has built Mumbai Monorail and Gammon and IL&FS - expressed interest in the final stage of tendering process. The government has identified three corridors — Vandalur to Velachery (23 km), Poonamallee to Kathipara (16 km) and Poonamallee to Vadapalani (18 km).
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