The Railways Strategic Business Unit of L&T Construction’s Transportation Infrastructure Business has signed a major contract worth Rs 2,864 crore with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).
The EPC order involves construction of 222 route km of a single-track corridor from Khurja to Pilkhani in Uttar Pradesh. This is Larsen & Toubro’s first EPC Civil, Structure and Track project in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, said a release. In the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, L&T already has a share of 71 per cent in the civil packages and 100 per cent share in the electrical packages.
This project will be funded by the World Bank and is a part of the 1,856-km Eastern Corridor proposed between Ludhiana (Punjab) and Dankuni (West Bengal). The scope of work includes construction of single railway track, including yards, 75 major and 588 minor bridges, 1 rail overbridge modification, 4 rail flyovers, 21 stations along with construction of all associated works.
The project is planned to be executed using completely mechanised means of track linking using the latest technology in railway construction
