 "GMR Group")
Shares of GMR Infrastructure were up nearly 3% at Rs 11.85 on the Bombay Stock Exchange after the company said that a consortium led by the company has won the 221 KM Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor project.
The consortium has been issued a Letter of Award for the railway project at a cost of Rs 2280.70 crore on engineering, procurement and construction basis, the company said in a release.
The first package comprises of 175km single line connecting Sahnewal and Pilkhani that passes through Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The other package is a 46km double line corridor in Uttar Pradesh connecting Dadri and Khurja, the release added.
The stock touched a high of Rs 12 in intra-day trade. At 11:50am, over 14.5 million shares were traded on both the stock exchanges.
