L & T Bags Order Of Rs 2,864 Crore From DFCCIL For Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
New Delhi: Larsen & Toubro( L & T) today said its construction has bagged an order of Rs 2,864 crore from the DFCCIL( Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.) for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. L & T said in a BSE filing,” The railways strategic business unit of L & T Constructions transportation infrastructure business has signed a major contract worth Rs 2,864 crore with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd( DFCCIL).”
About The Order- part of the 1,856 km Eastern Corridor proposed between Ludhiana( Punjab) and Dankuni( West Bengal), L & T said.
The scope of work includes-
• Construction of single railway track including yards
• 75 major & 588 minor bridges
• 1 rail over bridge modification
• 4 rail flyovers
• 21 stations along with construction of all associated works
• The order involves construction of 222 kilometer route of a single-track corridor from Khurja to Pilkhani in Uttar Pradesh.
• It added,” This is Larsen & Toubro’ s first EPC civil, structure and track project in the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. 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 World Bank( WB) and is a www. railanalysis. com