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Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has been awarded a letter of acceptance (LoA) by Rail Infrastructure Development Company, Karnataka (K-RIDE) on 30 December, 2023, for the construction of an elevated viaduct for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP).
As per the contract signed, L&T will undertake designing and construction of an elevated viaduct of length 8.960 km and at-grade of length 37.920 km (excluding station buildings), including associated works between Heelalige and Rajanukunte of Corridor-4 or Kanaka line of the rail project.
This contract also includes construction of a double decker alignment of 1.2 km length for BSRP Corridor-1 and Corridor-4 near Yelahanka, construction of a BSRP elevated viaduct of length 500 mtrs. below Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) viaduct near Benniganahalli, duly sharing right of way between BSRP and BMRCL. This is the first of its kind in India.
The contract, amounting to Rs 1,040.51 crore, is anticipated to be carried out for 30 months on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode. Further, work is likely to commence shortly.
Previously, work of Corridor-2 (Chillabanawara to Baiyappanahalli for 25.2 km) was also awarded to L&T and the construction activities are underway. With the current tender award, total length of 72.08 km of civil work, is around 50 percent of BSRP total project alignment. Corridor 2 and 4 were the Phase-I priority corridors as fixed by Government of Karnataka. Meanwhile, the tender for Corridor-1 and Corridor-3 is also expected to be invited shortly. |
