Engineering firm HCC has said its joint venture with Dilip Buildcon has received a Rs 1,900 crore NHAI contract for design and construction of a 22-km road to link Jharkhand and Bihar.
The Rs 1,900 crore road project,which will include a four-lane bridge over the Ganga river,will connect Sahibganj bypass in Jharkhand to Manihari bypass in Bihar, Hindustan Construction Company said in a statement.
HCC’s share in the joint venture is 26 per cent or to the extent of Rs 494 crore, it said.
The scope of the work envisages construction of 15.885 km new link (NH-133B), including 6 km long Ganga bridge connecting Jharkhand with Bihar, construction of 6 km Manihari bypass and widening of NH-131A ending near Narenpur to 4 lane standard in Bihar.
