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Saturday, March 20, 2010 (21:55:56) |
| Tags : Kolkata, Afcons Infrastructure Ltd., Shapoorji Pallonji Group |
Afcons bags Rs.938 crore Kolkata Metro project |
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| Kolkata: Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. (Afcons), the infrastructure arm of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has bagged a Rs.938-crore project for design and construction of a part of the East-West Metro project in the city.
Disclosing this at a media meet here today, Afcons director for transportation Ramakrishna V. Ramanan said: "The project includes design and construction of the underground Metro from Howrah Maidan station to Central Station".
The project, bagged through competitive bidding in joint venture with a Russian company Transtonnelstroy Limited, has to be completed in four years.
Part of the project includes making a link, 20 metres below the Hooghly river.
The contract includes designing and construction of three underground stations and a nearly three-km of twin bored tunnel, of which 520 metres is under the river. (IANS) |
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