L&T wins Rs. 2,500-cr rail contracts

Adding to its project portfolio in the country’s infra and construction sector, the infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro has recently bagged several significant awards both within and outside the country, said an official spokesperson, elaborating that in India, its construction wing bagged an order of around Rs 1,000-2,500 crore from Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) for construction of tunnels, bridges and formation works in Uttarakhand. The company has been awarded the contract for construction of the main tunnel, with a parallel escape tunnel and ballast-less track that runs inside the main tunnel, of Rishikesh-Karanprayag Tunnel 2, which is located in the Garhwal Himalayan Range and a part of the flagship Golden Quadrilateral railway project. The tunnel consists of a significant portion of the Rishikesh-Karanprayag project, which has a total length of 125.2 km, he added.