Curation Team
GURUGRAM: GMRL is likely to award the contract for the first phase of Millennium City Centre-Cyber City in a month’s time and aim to start construction by Sept this year.
Officials said on Sunday that bids for phase 1 of the new metro corridor have been opened. The joint venture of Dilip Buildcon Ltd (DBL) and RBL have emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction contract, though the process is still under evaluation, they said.
“The evaluation is in the final stages. We expect to complete the process within this month and are aiming to start construction work by Sept. Once work begins, the project is slated for completion within 30 months,” a senior GMRL official said. GMRL has planned construction of the new corridor in three phases.
Under Phase 1, the agency will build a 15.2km elevated metro line from Millennium City Centre to Sector 9 for an estimated cost of Rs 1,503 crore. The tender for civil work for Phase 1 was floated in March this year, in which eight agencies participated. Of these, six agencies were found eligible after technical evaluation. This section will have 14 stations and is expected to improve connectivity to key residential and commercial areas in the old and newer parts of Gurgaon. The scope of work also includes a 1.8km spur to the Dwarka Expressway and a ramp leading to the proposed metro depot in Sector 33. The stations in between are — Sector 45, Cyber Park, Sector 47, Subhash Chowk, Sector 48, Sector 33, Hero Honda Chowk, Udyog Vihar 6, Sector 10, Sector 37, Basai and Sector 101.The new corridor was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2023 to address the city’s growing public transportation needs. Currently, Gurgaon has the Yellow Line of Delhi Metro, which terminates at Millennium City Centre, and the Rapid Metro. The new line is expected to ease congestion, especially in sectors not currently connected by the metro, including densely populated areas such as sectors 9, 4, 5, 10 and 7.
