GMR Infra bags MMTS Phase-II works

Bangalore, June 16 : A Consortium led by GMR Infrastructure Limited has won three construction packages of rail line doubling of Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) – Phase II works on Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway.

The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited has issued the Letter of Award to the GMR consortium on June 11. The total contract is valued at approximately Rs. 389 Crore of which GMR’s share of work is about Rs. 207 Crore. The work includes Construction of Roadbed, Major & Minor bridges, Track Linking, Outdoor Signal &Telecom (S&T) Works, Over Head Electrification (OHE), Traction Sub Station (TSS) & General Electrical works for MMTS – Phase II on Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway, according to a press release issued here on Monday.

GMR is the Lead Member of the consortium with TATA Projects & Kalindee Rail Nirman Ltd. as the partner for OHE and Track works, S&T works respectively. The Project is scheduled to commence by middle of July 2014, with a completion period of 30 months.

B V N Rao, Business Chairman Urban Infrastructure and Highways said, “This is a testimony of our continuing interests in Railway projects, as we see a huge potential to upgrade the Railway Infrastructure in the country. This includes the Dedicated Freight corridor (DFC) and the upcoming high speed Railway projects, as recently announced by the Government”. INN