The Hindu Business Line : L&T team bags tunnel deal from Delhi Metro

Mumbai, Nov. 19 Engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro Ltd, in association with Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corporation, has secured a design-and-build contract valued at Rs 275 crore from Delhi Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (DMRC).

Underground twin-tunnel

The contract is for the construction of 2.4 km of underground twin-tunnel from the Indira Gandhi International Airport Station to Dwarka Sector-21 in the Airport Metro Express Line of Phase II in the DMRC Project.

L&T is the lead partner in the 51:49 joint venture with the Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corporation, a Shanghai-based company.

Mr K.V. Rangaswami, President (Construction), L&T, said, “The joint venture is the first of its kind with a Chinese partner.

“With its past experience in DMRC’s Phase-I tunnelling projects and ongoing Phase-II projects, L&T would add value in successful completion of the project along with SUCG’s vast experience in tunnelling projects in Shanghai.”

120-weeks

To be completed in 120 weeks, the project involves constructing 1.6 km of bored twin tunnel by using tunnel-boring machines, and 0.8 km by the cut-and-cover method.

Of the six underground packages already awarded by DMRC in the Central Secretariat, Qutub Minar Corridor of the Phase-II projects, L&T and L&T joint venture have so far bagged five contracts totalling Rs 925 crore.

With the new order, the cumulative value of orders secured goes up to Rs 1,200 crore, an L&T release said.

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