Chennai: The Chennai metro rail juggernaut has finally reached the airport four years after work began. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) have firmed up a deal to build the airport metro station within 14 months. Bids for the Rs 49.22-crore project will be opened by the end of the month.
Though work on the Airport-Washermenpet metro line began in 2008, it is only now that metro rail authorities have begun work on the airport station. The metro rail and AAI officials signed the MoU in the last week of February after which AAI floated a tender for the project. "The tender will be opened on March 20. The contractor will have to build the station in 14 months," said an AAI senior official.
The station, which will come up near the existing police station in front of the airport, will have a basement and four floors. AAI will construct the station using the money and design provided by the metro rail authorities. After the building is completed, CMRL will lay tracks, electrify the line and install lifts, escalator and other facilities.
09/03/12 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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