India’s infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured contracts worth up to $1 billion to design and build two key system packages for Dhaka Metro Rail Line 1.
The contracts cover track works, electrical systems, signalling, telecommunications and platform screen doors, the company said in a stock exchange disclosure.
Dhaka Metro Rail Line 1 is Bangladesh’s first underground metro rail project. It will connect Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) to Kamalapur, passing through Rampura, Malibagh and Rajarbagh, before branching towards Purbachal.
L&T is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and high-tech manufacturing conglomerate.
The company said the awards build on its previous work in Bangladesh, where it won and delivered the integrated railway systems package for Dhaka Metro Line 6, the country’s first metro rail corridor.
The announcement follows the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approval of eight construction packages for Metro Rail Line 1 and Line 5 (Northern Route), worth about Tk 58,500 crore.
L&T classified the combined contracts as a “major” order under its standardised reporting framework, which defines such orders as those valued between ₹5,000 crore and ₹10,000 crore.
The contracts cover track works, electrical systems, signalling, telecommunications and platform screen doors, the company said in a stock exchange disclosure.
Dhaka Metro Rail Line 1 is Bangladesh’s first underground metro rail project. It will connect Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) to Kamalapur, passing through Rampura, Malibagh and Rajarbagh, before branching towards Purbachal.
L&T is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and high-tech manufacturing conglomerate.
The company said the awards build on its previous work in Bangladesh, where it won and delivered the integrated railway systems package for Dhaka Metro Line 6, the country’s first metro rail corridor.
The announcement follows the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approval of eight construction packages for Metro Rail Line 1 and Line 5 (Northern Route), worth about Tk 58,500 crore.
L&T classified the combined contracts as a “major” order under its standardised reporting framework, which defines such orders as those valued between ₹5,000 crore and ₹10,000 crore.
