BANGKOK, 6 March 2013 The Cabinet has given its green light to one of the country’s construction giants to be in charge of the 3.5-billion-baht Purple Line electric train project.
Deputy government spokesperson Pakdihan Himathongkam said on Tuesday that the weekly Cabinet meeting has resolved to give an approval for Italian-Thai Development Public Company (Italthai) Limited to be responsible for the construction of the Bang Yai-Bang Sue electric rail system, after the company won the open bidding.
The train system, known as the Purple Line, is to be constructed under the budget of THB3.585 billion, as proposed by Italthai, which was lower than the median price set by the government.
Mr. Pakdihan said that the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) committee reached a resolution on July 19, 2012 to hire Italthai to build the rail system for the Purple Line and reported the decision to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the financier of the project.
The deputy government spokesperson added that details of the civil work have also been approved by the Office of the Attorney General.
