L&T secures Rs 6700 cr Western dedicated freight corridor project

MUMBAI, June 10:  Larsen and Toubro (L&T) today said the railways strategic business unit of L&T Construction’s transportation infrastructure business has won a major order worth
Rs 6700 crore from the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL).
This order has been secured by a consortium of Larsen and Toubro and Sojitz Corp., Japan.
The order involves construction of 626 km of a double track corridor from Rewari in Haryana to Iqbalgarh in Gujarat, via Rajasthan, spanning three states. This is the country’s largest project secured so far in rail sector and the first of its
kind in India.