Hyderabad Airport Metro: L&T And NCC Submit Bids For Rs 5,688 Crore Global Tender

Two firms — Larsen & Toubro and NCC Ltd — are in the race to build the 31-km Hyderabad Airport Metro project after bids were opened on Thursday (13 July) in Metro Rail Bhavan.

Earlier in May 2023, the Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) had invited tenders through international competitive bidding for selection of the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the project.

The 31-km Hyderabad Airport Metro Express project will connect Mindspace junction near Raidurg Metro Station to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad, with a travel time of 26 minutes.

While representatives of 13 national and global firms, including Alstom, Siemens, Tata Projects, IRCON, RVNL, BEML, PANDROL Rahee Technologies and L&T had evinced their interest in the project, only L&T and NCC submitted their bids.

The bid documents will be scrutinised by experts of GC (Systra-led General Consultants) and senior HAML technical officers.

The evaluation of bids, technical first and later financial, will take about 10 days following which the recommendations of HAML would be submitted to the government, said HAML managing director NVS Reddy.

The Rs 5,688 crore tender involves design and construction of all the civil structures, including elevated viaduct, underground structures, stations, track works, electrical and mechanical works, supply and commissioning of rolling stock (train sets), electric traction and power supply, signalling, telecommunications and train control systems, automatic fare collection (AFC) gates etc.

Project Details

The foundation stone for the Hyderabad Airport Metro Project was laid by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on 9 December last year.

The 31-km metro corridor between Raidurg metro station and GMR International Airport terminal station will have an elevated portion of 29.3 km and underground portion of 1.7 km.

It will have nine stations, including one underground metro station adjacent to the airport terminal and a provision has also been incorporated into the project to have four additional stations in the future. 

The project which is fully funded by the state government, is being built by Telangana government’s special purpose vehicle HAML, under the second phase of the Hyderabad Metro.

Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited is a joint venture between Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority and Telangana State Industrial and Infrastructure Cooperation.

The proposed project trains will be running at 120 kmph providing fast commute with likelihood of airport check-in at the starting point.

As of now, most of the preliminary works, like survey, peg marking, alignment fixation etc., have been completed and soil testing is in full swing and is expected to be completed by next month.