<p>Four companies have submitted bids for the design and construction of the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project's Corridor 4 (Kanaka Line). </p>.<p>The 46.88-km line will connect Rajanukunte in the far north to Heelalige in the far south via Baiyappanahalli and Yelahanka. </p>.<p>L&T Ltd, Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, INTARVO Technologies, and Dinesh Chandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt Ltd participated in the tender called under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. The bidders had to give separate lumpsum quotes for the Kanaka Line's 8.96-km elevated and 37.92-km at-grade sections, Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka), or K-RIDE, said in a statement on Tuesday. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/point-blank/suburban-rail-is-it-finally-on-track-1230697.html" target="_blank">Suburban rail: Is it finally on track?</a></strong></p>.<p>The tender committee will soon start the technical evaluation of the bids. Once the bidders pass this stage, financial bids will be opened, K-RIDE added. </p>.<p>This is the second of the suburban project's four lines where bids have opened. The civil contract for 25.02-km Corridor 2 (Sampige Line) was awarded last year to L&T, and groundwork has begun between Yeshwantpur and Chikkabanavar. </p>.<p>A senior K-RIDE official said the technical evaluation would take a month if all documents were in order. Financial bids will be opened thereafter. He exuded confidence that the contract would be awarded by the end of this year. </p>.<p>The deadline will be 30 months from the day the contract is awarded, he added. </p>.<p>Tenders for the construction of 19 stations for Corridor 4 will open in August, the official said. </p>.<p>This apart, K-RIDE expects to receive 193 acres of railway land for Corridor 4 by July-end. "We have submitted the land requirements to the Bengaluru railway division. Everything has been sorted out on that front. We expect the land in the next few days," the official said. </p>.<p>The agency has also kicked off the process to acquire private land for laying eight kilometres of tracks. </p>.<p>Physical and land adjustment surveys have been completed for the entire alignment, and only some paperwork is pending, according to the official. </p>.<p>The shifting of utility lines is also under way and will be nearly completed by the time the contract is awarded, the official explained. </p>
<p>Four companies have submitted bids for the design and construction of the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project's Corridor 4 (Kanaka Line). </p>.<p>The 46.88-km line will connect Rajanukunte in the far north to Heelalige in the far south via Baiyappanahalli and Yelahanka. </p>.<p>L&T Ltd, Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, INTARVO Technologies, and Dinesh Chandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt Ltd participated in the tender called under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. The bidders had to give separate lumpsum quotes for the Kanaka Line's 8.96-km elevated and 37.92-km at-grade sections, Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka), or K-RIDE, said in a statement on Tuesday. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/point-blank/suburban-rail-is-it-finally-on-track-1230697.html" target="_blank">Suburban rail: Is it finally on track?</a></strong></p>.<p>The tender committee will soon start the technical evaluation of the bids. Once the bidders pass this stage, financial bids will be opened, K-RIDE added. </p>.<p>This is the second of the suburban project's four lines where bids have opened. The civil contract for 25.02-km Corridor 2 (Sampige Line) was awarded last year to L&T, and groundwork has begun between Yeshwantpur and Chikkabanavar. </p>.<p>A senior K-RIDE official said the technical evaluation would take a month if all documents were in order. Financial bids will be opened thereafter. He exuded confidence that the contract would be awarded by the end of this year. </p>.<p>The deadline will be 30 months from the day the contract is awarded, he added. </p>.<p>Tenders for the construction of 19 stations for Corridor 4 will open in August, the official said. </p>.<p>This apart, K-RIDE expects to receive 193 acres of railway land for Corridor 4 by July-end. "We have submitted the land requirements to the Bengaluru railway division. Everything has been sorted out on that front. We expect the land in the next few days," the official said. </p>.<p>The agency has also kicked off the process to acquire private land for laying eight kilometres of tracks. </p>.<p>Physical and land adjustment surveys have been completed for the entire alignment, and only some paperwork is pending, according to the official. </p>.<p>The shifting of utility lines is also under way and will be nearly completed by the time the contract is awarded, the official explained. </p>