GMR Airport Will Contribute 10% To The Metro Project At Hyderabad Airport

For the Rs 6,250 crore Hyderabad Airport Metro Project, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd would each contribute 10%.

N.V.S. Reddy, the managing director of Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd (HAML), said on Wednesday that the project is expected to cost Rs 6,250 crore and would be entirely financed by the Telangana government, with 10% contributions from both HMDA and GMR Airport.

He addressed a pre-bid meeting for the Hyderabad Airport Metro project and gave the potential bidders an overview of the project’s significance and key elements.

The technical teams from 13 domestic and international businesses attended the pre-bid conference, which was convened in response to the worldwide bids requested for the selection of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contractor for the Hyderabad Airport Metro project. Among them were L&T, Siemens, Alstom, Tata Projects, IRCON, RVNL, BEML, PANDROL Rahee Technologies, and others.

According to Reddy, the majority of the preparatory tasks, including the survey, peg marking, alignment fixing, etc., have been finished, and the soil testing process is well underway. According to the most recent survey and alignment fixing, there will now be an elevated component of 29.3 km and a subterranean portion of 1.7 km along the 31 km corridor between Raidurg metro station and Airport terminal station. It will include nine stations, one of which will be an underground station next to the airport terminal.

The MD and his technical team spent some time in the meeting answering the potential bidders’ questions on the civil structures, rolling stock (trains), signaling and train control systems, performance indices, technical requirements, etc.

The chosen EPC Contractor is required to begin the project’s foundational work at the latest by September 2023 and finish it in three years.