The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) which is executing the East-West
corridor of Kolkata's metro railway system has awarded a contract for
undertaking the underground section of the project.
ITD Cementation, a subsidiary of Italy's Thai Development Public Company, has
won the contract to construct the underground section starting from Subhas
Sarobar to Central Metro station, at a cost of Rs 909 crore.
KMRC is likely to shortly float another tender for the other section of the
project, which is to pass under the Hooghly river, known as UG-I.
The East-West Metro Corridor project comprises construction of a 5.70 km-long
elevated section and a 8 km-long underground segment, which together is to
connect Kolkata's IT hub Salt Lake Sector V to Howrah.
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