Larsen & Toubro's (L&T) Heavy Civil Infrastructure business has secured an order worth more than Rs70bn ($853m) for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (MAHSR) in India.

Awarded by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL), the deal involves the construction of the 135.45km MAHSR - C3 package in its entirety.

Specifically, L&T will develop viaducts, stations, major river bridges, depots, tunnels, earth structures, stations, as well as other auxiliary structures.

The deal will help complete 92% of the main line between Shilphata in the state of Maharashtra and Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat.

The MAHSR project, which will be approximately 508km long, will cover 155.76km in Maharashtra, 4.3km in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and 348.04km in Gujarat.

The project is also known as MAHSR Bullet Train and will feature 12 stations across its route.

Once completed, the line will run at a speed of 320kmph to cover the entire route within roughly two hours with limited stops, and in three hours with all stops.

L&T Heavy Civil Infrastructure director and senior executive vice-president S V Desai said: “This is the second largest package which L&T has won in this prestigious MAHSR project, and we are humbled by the trust reposed in us by our client, NHSRCL.

“By deploying state-of-the-art construction methods and extensive digital technologies, we will endeavour to complete this project, leveraging the experience from other MAHSR packages that we are currently executing.” 

Earlier this month, L&T Construction’s Buildings and Factories business won an engineering, procurement and construction order to develop commercial office space in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.