L&T Bags Rs 203 Crores Worth New Orders From Delhi Metro For Its Phase II Project

Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has announced that the Company has secured two more Design and Build contracts from Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) for the construction of the underground station at Saket (Delhi) and a tunnel as part of its Phase II Project. Valued at Rs 203 crores the new station and tunnel will come up between Central Secretariat and Qutub Minar Corridors of Delhi Metro.

To be completed in 30 months, the construction of the Saket station involves 1500m of tunneling. The length of the station will be 284m. In addition, the construction involves a 945m Link Tunnel and a 260m Ramp, both of which to be completed in 24 months. Top down construction method will be adopted for the underground station at Saket (Delhi) while Cut & Cover Method will be used for tunneling and NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method) for 185 m of Twin Tunnel.

The new orders come close on the heels of the Rs 355 crore Phase II orders secured by the Company, in the same corridor during last fiscal. The Company is presently executing the Udyog Bhavan and Green Park stations along with the construction of 1 km long tunnel by Cut and Cover method. The Company is also executing yet another contract, in Joint Venture with DYWIDAG, SAMSUNG, SHIMIZU and IRCON, for the construction of two underground stations at Hauz Khas and Malviya Nagar with a 3.10 km long tunnel using Tunnel Boring machines. These projects are slated for completion by 2010 for the Common Wealth Games in New Delhi.