Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has received a $138.8m (Rs11.3bn) contract from Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL). Under the contract, RVNL will be responsible for the construction of an elevated viaduct with a length of around 10km.
The company will also build nine elevated metro stations at Sholinganallur Lake-I, Sri Ponniamman Temple (Sholinganallur Lake-II), Sathyabama University (Semmeancheri-I) and Semmeancheri-II.
The metro stations will also cover Gandhi Nagar, Navallur, Siruseri, Siruseri SIPCOT-1 and Siruseri SIPCOT-2, as well as Stabling Viaduct at SIPCO.
According to RVNL, the time period for “the execution of the contract is 1065 days.”
