Monorail: MMRDA gets two bids for first corridor, one opts out

The technical and financial bids for the first monorail corridor in the city were received on Tuesday by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA.

Of the three pre-qualified consortia, two consortia 8212; Reliance Infrastructure Ltd-Hitachi Japan and Larsen 038; Tubro-Scoomi Malaysia8212; submitted both technical and financial bids, while Canadian Bombardier backed out of the Jacob Circle-Wadala-Chembur corridor due to 8220;other engagements8221;. Vishnu Kumar, Officer on Special Duty Monorail, said that both the technical and financials bids would be evaluated within a fortnight8217;s time and thereafter the contract would be awarded.

The monorail, which would run on a narrow guideway beam 5.5 metres above the road, is said to be ideal for congested cities like Mumbai.