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