HCC-KEC JV wins Rs 1,309 crore Chennai Metro order

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), in consortium with KEC International, has bagged a Rs1,309 crore order as a part of the second phase of Chennai Metro Rail, the Mumbai headquartered construction company said on Monday.

This is the second order from the Chennai metro rail to the HCC-KEC JV, where HCC holds 51%. The order entails construction of a 11.61 km elevated viaduct section and eleven elevated stations on corridor-5 of the second phase of Chennai metro.

The order is scheduled to be completed in 36 months.

Prior to this order, the HCC-KEC JV won a Rs 1,147 crore order from Chennai metro in May.

HCC is executing a section of ‘Mumbai Metro Line III’, one package of Delhi Metro, two contracts for Pune Metro, one package of Bangalore Metro Rail Project and one package of Chennai Metro.