L&T Construction bags Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project contract
Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L & T) said on Friday its railway strategic business unit of construction business in consortium with Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Company of Japan has won a significant order in the form of three packages from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL).
The design and build orders involve 2×25 kilovolt overhead electrification, signalling and telecommunication, and associated works at the Dadri-Khurja and Sahnewal-Khurja sections of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC).
The works are spread across 442 route km and 638 track km. Though L & T did not give the value of the contract, it describes a significant order ranging between Rs 1,000 crore to 2,500 crores.
