Five Firms Shortlisted for Rs 6900 cr High Speed Rail Link to Bangalore Airport

Bangalore: Five companies have been shortlisted by the Karnataka Government for the proposed High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) from Bangalore city to the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) at Devanahalli proposed to be built at a cost of Rs. 6,900 crore, including land cost.
The five companies shortlisted for laying the 34-kms rail link are: Pioneer Infratech Pvt Ltd & Siemens Project Ventures; Lanco Infratech Pvt Ltd, and OHL Concesiones S L; L&T Transco Ltd; Reliance Infrastructure & CSR Nanjing Rolling Stock Co Ltd; and ITD-ITO Cem-Soma Enterprises Joint Venture.
Essential things such as request for proposals, detailed project report, concession agreement and manual specifications have been handed over to the short-listed firms.
The tender process for the ambitious project, which has been pending for long in view of the huge costs involved for providing an easy, convenient, cost-effective and state-of-the-art 34-kms HSRL from the heart of the city from Mahatma Gandhi Road to BIAL at Devanahalli within 25 minutes and from Hebbal Flyover to BIAL in 18 minutes, is over, said Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa,
26/04/10 Daijiworld.com

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Categories: Airports Apr 2010