Contract part of L&T project
Japan’s Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd is working with L&T Construction on orders in the form of 3 packages from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL).
The Design and Build orders involve 2×25 KV Overhead Electrification, Signalling & Telecommunication and Associated works in the Dadri – Khurja and Sahnewal – Khurja sections of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC).
The works are spread across 442 route km and 638 track km.
L&T Construction is already executing the Electrification and Signalling System works contracts for the Mughalsarai to New Sonnagar section and Electrification works of the Mughalsarai – Bhaupur Section of the EDFC.
With these orders, L&T will be electrifying 1,000 km of 1,346 km of the EDFC where orders have been finalized, and the entire 1,465 km of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from Dadri to JNPT.
The orders were announced on 24 Apr 2020.
DFCCIL is a special purpose vehicle of the Indian Railways, mandated to build dedicated freight corridors.
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