NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Kalpataru Projects International Limited (KPIL) has won Delhi Metro’s Package DE-08, which entails electrification for the magenta and silver lines.
Scope of Contract
Scope of the package includes Design, Detail Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of 25KV AC Traction, 33KV Auxiliary Sub Stations (ASS), Associated Cabling and SCADA Systems for Underground Corridors of Magenta Line extension, specifically Line-8 Extension & Underground and Elevated corridor of Silver Line of Delhi Metro Phase 4.
Detailed Scope
For Magenta Line: 25 kV AC traction, 33 kV Auxiliary Sub Stations (ASS), associated cabling and SCADA systems will be installed.
For Silver Line: Rigid OHE (ROCS) will be installed on the three underground packages, while flexible OHE (FOCS) will be installed on one elevated package. DC-04.
Tender
DMRC invited the bids for the concerned package in April this year. The tender includes a deadline of 3 years from the date of issuance of the LoA, while the technical bids for the mae were opened in July to reveal the bidders.
Further Developments
A contract for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s package DE-08 can be expected to be awarded in the coming months as KPIL’s bid is way below DMRC’s estimated project cost of Rs 359.78 crore.
Delhi Metro Phase 4
Phase IV of the Delhi Metro is a network expansion to new housing areas in the National Capital Region. On March 7, 2019, the union cabinet approved three ‘priority corridors’ out of six corridors of Metro’s Phase 4:
Total length of approved ‘Priority Corridors‘: 61.679 km
Estimated project cost: Rs 24,948.65 crore
Total length of six corridors: 103.93 km
Total Estimated Project Cost: Rs 45,000 crore
Expected Ridership: 1.5 million passengers per day
Phase – IV
Approved New Lines
Line 10 (Silver Line): Aerocity – Tughlakabad
Length: 23.622 km
Type: Elevated (4.279 km) & Underground (19.343 km)
Depot: Sarita Vihar (shared with Violet Line) & possibly Vasant Kunj
Number of Stations: Sixteen
Stations: Aerocity, Mahipalpur, Vasant Kunj, Kishangarh, Chhatarpur, Chhattarpur Mandir, IGNOU, Neb Sarai, Saket G-Block, Ambedkar Nagar, Khanpur, Sangam Vihar, Maa Anandmayee Marg Junction, Tughlakabad Railway Colony (Pul Prahaladpur) and Tughlakabad
Approved Extensions
Line 7 (Pink Line): Mukundpur – Maujpur
Length: 12.558 km
Type: Elevated (12.58 km)
Number of Stations: Eight
Stations: Burari Crossing, Jagatpur Village, Surghat, Khajuri Khas, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar and Maujpur
Line 8 (Magenta Line): Janakpuri West – R.K. Ashram (28.92 km)
Length: 28.92 km
Type: Elevated (21.18 km) & Underground (7.74 km)
Number of Stations: 22
Station Names: Krishna Park Extn, Keshopur, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi, Mangol Puri, West Enclave, Pushpanjali, Deepali Chowk, Madhuban Chowk, Prashant Vihar, North Pitampura, Haiderpur Badli Mor, Bhalaswa, Majlis Park, Azadpur & Ashok Vihar, Derawal Nagar, Rajpura, GG Sabji Mandi, Pulbangash, Sadar Bazar, Nabi Karim and RK Ashram Marg
Silver Line, Delhi Metro
The silver line of the Delhi Metro runs from Delhi Aerocity to Tughlaqabad. It is a 23.62 Km long line with four elevated & 11 underground stations. It has a total of 15 stations as Tughlakabad, Tughlakabad Railway Colony, Anandmayee Marg Junction, Tigri, Khanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Saket G Block, Saket, Lado Sarai, Mehrauli, Kishangar, Masoodpur, Vasant Kunj (Sec-D), Mahipalpur and Delhi Aerocity.
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