Dilip Buildcon secures ₹702 crore civil contract order for Surat Metro Rail Project

Surat, India (Metro Rail Today): The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (GMRC) has issued a work order/letter of acceptance (LoA) worth Rs 702 crore to Dilip Buildcon Ltd (DBL) for the construction of 8.702 km elevated viaduct and 7 metro stations for Surat Metro Rail Project.

The contract agreement was signed between Dilip Buildcon Ltd and Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation last week on 2nd December 2021 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 

The scope of work under the the civil contract package CS-06 of the Surat Metro Rail Project includes construction of 8.702 km elevated viaduct and 7 nos. stations (Excl. E&M, Architectural Finishing and Roofing) from Majura Gate (Ch. 9090 m) to Saroli Dead End (Ch. 17791.851 m) under Corridor-2 of Surat Metro Rail Project, Phase 1. The seven stations will be constructed at Udhna Dawaja, Kamela Darwaja, Anjana Farm, Model Town, Magob, Bharat Cancer Hospital and Saroli.

This section is part of 19.26 km long corridor 2 of Surat Metro which will connect Bhesan to Saroli with 18 stations. 

Tender notice for the above contract package CS-06 was floated in February 2022 with an estimated cost of work of Rs 591 crore. Technical bids were opened in May 2022. A total of ten construction firms - Dilip Buildcon Ltd, Evrascon – Varindera Constrution JV, Ranjit Buildcon Ltd, KEC International Ltd, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), YFC Projects – MCL JV, Ashoka Buildcon – DRA Infracon JV, HG Infra Engineering and Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T). Financial bids were opened in July 2022 where DBL was emerged as the lowest bidder.

This contract package will be financed by German bank KfW.

For more details, please explore the Surat Metro page of Metro Rail Today.