A Turkish connection to Atal Tunnel

New Delhi: The Atal Tunnel on the Leh-Manali Highway has a Turkish connection. The electromechanical works of the Tunnel was undertaken by a Turkish firm Savronik which has track record of infrastructure projects in Turkey and other countries.

They are responsible also for the maintenance for next two years as part of the contract for the Tunnel, ET has learnt.

Savronik has also been involved on the Jammu-Srinagar railway link which will have 13 tunnels. Savronik's partnership is with Piscesia (Indian company, also dealing with electromechanical works) under Joint Venture. Both are involved in another project in Assam. Savronik has 49 per cent share in all projects.


Being a spin-off company of a world-wide known Turkish pioneering contractor Group “STFA”, Savronik has its roots and operations domestically and in many countries world-wide. Established in 1986, Savronik has later expanded the operations in the Transportation area with technology offerings and integrated turnkey solutions for railway and highway systems, to become the largest Turkish private company in this sector.


Savronik has completed not only hundreds of kilometers of tunnel automation and but also railway signalization world-wide; supporting the operations with the qualified products and technology shared with the local partners and through investment into the local potential. In countries where the opportunity to become a local “technology and services provider” presents itself Savronik has established local subsidiaries in order to work more closely with customers and local companies.

Although Atal Tunnel is the first project completed by ‘Savronik Elektronik’ in India, there are numerous projects completed by the local company ‘Savronik Sistem India Pvt. Ltd’, established in 2011; T-80 Pir-Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal-India) [the longest railway tunnel], Chenani-Nashri Tunnel (J&K-India) [the longest highway tunnel], T-9 Railway Tunnel (Assam-India) are among them.

Savronik wants to explore potential areas to work and invest in India not only for transportation area but also any other area of interest including design, development, production and manufacturing.