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Chinese consortium gets legal entry for Ahmedabad Metro bid

Even as steel and power sectors are apprehensive of awarding projects to Chinese firms

Chinese consortium gets legal entry for Ahmedabad Metro bid
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Megha Manchanda New Delhi
Urban transportation could soon see the entry of a Chinese entity, even as steel and power sectors are apprehensive of awarding projects to Chinese companies.

Railway vehicle manufacturer China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), which was disqualified by Metro-link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA), has legally fought its way back to bid for the Rs 10,733-crore Metro rail project.

MEGA had disqualified the company as it was a merger of two state-run companies — CSR Corporation Ltd and CNR Corporation Ltd. It said the Chinese company cannot qualify with the expertise of its subsidiary companies, and there has to