L&T wins two Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor contracts

Larsen Toubro
L&T Construction has bagged two contracts to build the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor from National Capital gion Transport Corporation (NCRTC) in Uttar Pradesh, informed Senior Vice President and Head -Heavy Civil Infrastructure, L&T Construction, S V Desai. He said that the company has been entrusted with responsibility to develop the challenging project, a first-of-its-kind for India which is the reaffirmation of its proven capability to build faster and reliable mass transit systems. The scope of work in the project includes executing a new, dedicated, high-speed and high-capacity rail system in the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Corridor. In fact, RRTS is distinct from metro transit systems as it caters to passengers traveling relatively longer distances with fewer stops and at higher speeds. The design speed for the project is 180 kmps with an average operational speed of 100 kmph. The two contracts for RRTS have been secured for packages starting from Duhai to Modi Nagar and from Modi Nagar to Shatabdi Nagar for a distance of about 32 km viaduct including 7 elevated rail stations.

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