L&T Construction’s heavy civil infrastructure business has been awarded two contracts to build Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, India.

The two contracts, worth between INR10bn ($130m) and INR25bn ($325m), have been awarded by National Capital Region Transport (NCRTC), which is a joint venture company of Government of India and the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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NCRTC is responsible for implementing the RRTS project across the National Capital Region (NCR) in the country.

Under the contract, L&T’s heavy civil infrastructure business will execute a new high speed, high capacity rail system in the Delhi – Gaziabad – Meerut Corridor.

Unlike metro transit systems, the RRTS caters to serving longer distances with fewer stops and at a higher speed. The project will have a design speed of 180kmph with an average operational speed of 100kmph.

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L&T Construction heavy civil infrastructure IC head and senior vice-president S V Desai said: “We are delighted to have been entrusted with responsibility to develop this unique project, a first-of-its-kind for India which is a reaffirmation of our proven capability to build faster and reliable mass transit systems that are in sync with our strategic goal of aiding rapid transportation infrastructure development.”

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L&T said that that the two contracts cover the packages starting from Duhai to Modi Nagar and from Modi Nagar to Shatabdi Nagar. It will cover a total distance of approximately 32km viaduct including seven elevated stations.

Recently, L&T Construction secured three EPC contracts from the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) in India.

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RRTS project will be implemented in the NCR. (Credit: Peter H from Pixabay)