Larsen & Toubro emerges as lowest bidder for second bullet train contract

The other bidders for this package were the Tata Projects-J Kumar Infrastructure Projects Ltd-NCC Ltd and AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd.-Ircon International-JMC Projects consortiums

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has emerged the lowest bidder for the C6 package of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation’s (NHSRCL) bullet train project, at Rs 7,289 crore. This is the second contract for the company in the mega project.

The C6 package involves design and construction of civil and building works — including testing and commissioning on a design-build basis at a lump-sum price, for the double line high-speed railway. 

This involves 87.5 km of viaducts and bridges, 25 crossing bridges, a tunnel, 97.50 km of roads, one station, a maintenance depot, four sub-maintenance depots, and a host of other associated structures.  

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