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INDIA : HCC JV wins Rs 987 crore construction order from railway
Publish Date : 29-Nov-2011
Leading engineering and construction firm Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in joint venture with HCC-DSD-VNR has bagged a Rs 987 crore order from the Northeast Frontier Railway to construct a superstructure of Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge in Assam.
HCC would enjoy 51% share in this deal, Germany\'s DSD Brouckenbau has 20% and VNR Infrastructures gets the remaining 29%.
\"This is one of the modern bridges over the Brahmaputra near Dibrugarh and HCC, along with its joint venture partners, is committed to build a world-class infrastructure for the Railways. The work on this superstructure will be completed in 48 months,\" HCC president and Whole-time Director Arun Karmabelkar said.
The 4.31-km long bridge will be double decked, having two railway tracks on the lower deck and a three-lane road on the upper deck. The road level will be 10.5 meters above the railway line. This will be the country\'s fourth largest bridge and the longest over the Brahmaputra, he added.
