L&T wins Rs 3,799 cr order from railway

MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro-led consortium has bagged construction orders worth Rs 3,799 crores from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India, the engineering major said Friday. The project is located at the northern end of Western Corridor and links the Eastern and Western Corridors.

L&T along with Sojitz Corp of Japan bagged the order for design and build civil structure, track works, overhead electrification, traction substations and signalling and telecommunication works for double line electrified tracks with 2x25 kV AC, high rise Overhead Catenary System capable of operating at a maximum train speed of 100 km/h, from Rewari to Dadri (128 km).

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India, a special purpose vehicle of the Indian Railways, is building dedicated freight corridors. This project is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency and is part of the western corridor proposed between Dadri, near Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, near Mumbai.