Published November 11, 2008

Scomi and partner win Mumbai monorail deal

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(KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysia's Scomi Engineering yesterday said its consortium with an Indian company has won a RM1.85 billion (S$775 million) state contract to build the first monorail in India.

Scomi and its consortium partner Larsen & Toubro Ltd received a letter of award last week from Mumbai authorities to construct a 19.54-kilometre monorail network linking the west and north-east of Mumbai, the company said in a statement. 'This will be the first monorail system in India and is expected to ease the congestion in the highly crowded Jacob Circle, Wadala and Chembur areas (of Mumbai),' said Scomi's chief executive Shah Hakim Zain.

The monorail will connect with the existing suburban railway and planned metropolitan railway. It will be served by 18 stations, a fleet of 15 trains, each with four cars, and will take 30 months to complete, Mr Shah Hakim said. Scomi holds a 45 per cent stake in the project while Indian construction company L&T owns the remaining 55 per cent, officials said. -- AP