Paras Railtech wins DMRC's tunnelling contract

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded ₹43.92 crore contract to Paras Railtech for the construction of a 289.65-meter cut and cover tunnel (Package CC-126A) on the 1.218 km Najafgarh – Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Delhi Metro's Grey Line. The underground tunnel of the Phase 3 project's Package CC-126 was earlier awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. – SUCG Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd (STEC – SUCG IN JV) in 2017, and tunnelling breakthroughs were recorded by the team using one tunnel boring machine (TBM) on January 18 and June 26, 2019. The duration of the work will be four months with the scope of the work including the construction of cut and cover tunnel box from Chainage 5050.35 (UP Line) to 5340.00 (UP line) for extension of Dwarka Najafgarh Metro Corridor of Delhi MRTS Phase-III.