Ahead of the trial run for the metro rail corridor by the end of 2020, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed two new contractors to carry out works on the 17 km long Metro Line 7 corridor between Dahisar and Andheri on Western Express Highway.
The MMRDA terminated the contract of Simplex Infrastructure for the Metro Line 7 corridor. The Simplex infrastructure was given a contract for the 5.5 km of Metro 7 corridor which stretches between Aarey junction on Western Express Highway (WEH).
According to media reports, the MMRDA Metropolitan Commissioner, RA Rajeev informed that they were serious about finishing the metro projects in time. However, due to the delay in projects, the contracts have been terminated after following all procedures.
Now, the contract has been given to new contractors. J Kumar which has received the contract will work for viaduct while NCC will focus on the station work. MMRDA has already converted the bank guarantee of ₹35 crores from Simplex.
The Simplex Infrastructure Limited was given ₹348 crores in April 2016 to contract entire stretch of Metro 7 corridor between Andheri and Goregaon via WEH. However, only 75 per cent of the work has been completed.
Earlier, RA Rajeev informed that Mumbaikars will have to wait for three more months than what was scheduled to hope on a ride on Metro 2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro 7 (Dahisar East -Andheri East). The two metro rail corridors were to be operational by December this year.
Since the lockdown, despite having 11,000 labourers as workforce at various sites, the development authority could not commence any work for a month or two. The MMRDA is now looking at another three-month delay with the migrant worker gone, Rajeev added.
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