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In all, 14 national and international firms have shown interest in designing and constructing underground stations and associated tunnels for Mumbai's Metro Line-3, which will run from Colaba to SEEPZ via Bandra. Mumbai Metro line-3 is a 32.5 km long underground corridor running from Cuffe Parade Station in South Mumbai to SEEPZ in the North with 26 underground stations.
The 14 firms that responded to the pre-qualification bids invited by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) are: Afcons-KMB, CEC-ITDCEM-TPL, CTCEG-PIIPL, Dogus-Soma, IL&FS-CR25G, J Kumar-CRTG, L&T-STEC, Mosmetrostroy-HCC, OHL-SKE&C, Pratibha-GDYT Consortium, Sacyr CMC Essar, Salin Impregilo-Gammon, Strabag-AG-Patel and Unity-IVRCL-CTG.
Positive net worth calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities for the last five years and average annual construction turnover of not less than $175 million for the last five years were two of the many qualification criterions as far as the bids are concerned. Evaluation of the bids is expected to be completed within a period of 90 days.
The 26 stations on the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro corridor are: Cuffe Parade, Vidhan Bhavan, Churchgate, Hutatma Chowk, CST Metro, Kalbadevi, Girgaon, Grant Road, Mumbai Central, Mahalaxmi Metro, Science Museum, Acharya Atre Chowk, Worli, Siddhi Vinayak, Dadar Metro, Shitaladevi Temple, Dharavi, BKC Metro, Vidya Nagari, Santacruz, Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Domestic), Sahar Road, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Marol Naka, MIDC and SEEPZ.
