L&T To Design & Construct Elevated Viaduct in Bengaluru

Larsen and Toubro(L&T) was issued the Letter of Acceptance for the design and construction of an elevated viaduct including associated works between Heelalige and Rajanukunte of Corridor-4 of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail project. The contract price is Rs 1,040.51 crore including GST and the contract period is 30 months.

Karnataka’s Rail Infrastructure Development Company (K-RIDE) said, “Larsen and Toubro has been issued the Letter of Acceptance for the design and construction of elevated viaduct of length 8.960 km and At-Grade of length 37.920 km (excluding station buildings) including associated works between Heelalige and Rajanukunte, on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode, in Corridor-4 or ‘Kanaka’ line of Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project (BSRP).”

This contract also includes construction of a double decker alignment of 1.2 km length for BSRP Corridor-1 and Corridor-4 near Yelahanka, construction of a BSRP elevated viaduct of length 500 m below BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) viaduct near Benniganahalli, duly sharing right of way between BSRP and BMRCL. This is first of its kind in India, it said.