RInfra wins Rs. 774-cr Jimidipeta-Gotlam rail line contract

Reliance Infrastructure, a renowned infra builder, has recently received the Letter of Award (LOA) from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for its maiden railway project worth Rs 774 crore for the construction of third rail line between Jimidipeta and Gotlam on East Coast Railway on EPC model. The 105 km-long line will run in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. In the contract, the scope of work includes civil, track, electrification, signaling and telecom works of the rail line. It also includes construction of 13 railway stations and staff quarters. This order marks its foray into Railway EPC segment and further strengthens Reliance Infrastructure's bona fide to lead in construction of rail transportation systems. The company is well positioned in the emerging railway market and poised to capture a sizable share, said CEO, Reliance Infrastructure EPC, Arun Gupta, elaborating that the railway line between Jimidipeta to Gotlam is a part of Titlagarh-Vizianagaram section. At present, Titlagarh-Vizianagaram is a double line (electrified) track section of Jharsuguda- Visakhapatnam line and it is an important rail link between Jharsuguda and Visakhapatnam, and serves as a bypass rail link to Howrah-Mumbai trunk route and Howrah-Chennai main line of East Coast region, he claimed.