Metro phase II work may begin in 3 months

Contractors to get acceptance letter after the poll code

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.’s much-awaited phase II construction work may start in three months. Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) plans to take up the work at many locations simultaneously. It wants to first start operations between Poonamallee and Power House, which is an elevated 12-km stretch, and subsequently from Madhavaram to CMBT and Madhavaram to Sholinganallur, which will have a combination of elevated and underground sections running to 52 km. According to CMRL officials, tenders had been floated for the construction of these stretches last year and the contractors finalised. “But there is something called ‘Letter of Acceptance’, which is a formal contract document indicating we are issuing the contract to a respective firm. We will issue it after May 15 when the Election Code of Conduct ends. After that, it will take a month for them to mobilise a team and then establish a site office at the respective work sites,” an official said.