Vijayawada, Sept. 22 -- Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (APMRC) Managing Director NP Ramakrishna Reddy has made it clear that the joint ventures have also been permitted to file tenders for metro rail works in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

In a statement here on Monday, the APMRC MD said that tenders were invited from contract agencies for 46.23 KMs metro rail works in Visakhapatnam and 38 KMs metro rail works in Vijayawada in phase-1.

"The contracting companies which attended the pre-bid meeting, held after the tender notification was released, brought several requests to the attention of the MD and requested that joint ventures be given an opportunity to participate in the tenders. They also urged to divide works into small packag...