Larsen & Toubro, an Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services with over USD 21 billion in revenue, has secured large orders Chennai Metro Rail Corporation.
According to the company, the order is for constructing nearly 12 km twin bored tunnels from Kellys station to Taramani Road Junction station, in Chennai. It also involves construction of diaphragm walls of station box and entry/exit structures of three stations (Chetpet, Royapettah and Thiruvanmiyur) and part diaphragm wall of Greenways Road Metro Station, including launching and retrieval shafts in these stations. This underground Metro Rail tunnel package is a part of Corridor-3 of CMRL Phase-II Metro Rail Project and is to be constructed in approximately 52 months by using eight tunnel boring machines working simultaneously in various stretches of the project.
The company has also secured another order from Chennai Metro Rail to construct about eight km of the elevated viaduct with nine elevated stations. The elevated corridor includes about four km of double-deck construction in which both the decks are used for Metro Rail, which will be the first of its kind in India. This elevated Metro Rail package is a part of Corridor-4 of the Phase-II project and is to be constructed in 36 months.
These projects are the first packages of Phase – II, which have been awarded by Chennai Metro Rail. The company said both the projects were bagged under stiff competition from domestic and international metro construction players.
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