The Business Line 18.12.2009
HCC to build elevated road corridor for Kolkata civic body
Our Bureau
Kolkata, Dec. 17
Hindustan Construction Company has secured a Rs 317.92-crore order for constructing an elevated road corridor from Park Circus to EM Bypass (near Parama Island) in Kolkata, according to a company release.
HCC will execute the project of Kolkata Municipal Development Authority on a turnkey basis within 30 months.
The scope of the work, as contained in the contract, includes design and construction of the flyover with installation of electrical and other works (including LT feeder pillar boards and steel light poles).
It will be a four-lane, 8.14-km-long flyover. The contract also includes operational and maintenance work for two years from the date of completion of the project.
‘Exciting project'
Announcing the contract, HCC President & Chief Operating Officer, Mr Vinayak Deshpande, said: “We are happy to win this prestigious contract from KMDA. Having built the country's first Metro rail here, it is particularly exciting to be part of the new development project of the city.”
HCC, it might be noted, built the 4.7-km-long Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. It has also built 2,300 km of highways, including the 16-km-long Ghat section of Mumbai-Pune Expressway and 300 rail and road bridges.
It is currently building 84 km of the historical Mughal Road at a height of 3,494 metres through the Pir Panjal Mountains in the Himalayas. It also constructed bridges and roads in Iraq and Nepal, the release added.
