India’s leading infrastructure construction and development company, HCC (Hindustan Construction Company) and its joint venture partner Coastal Projects has won a contract to build a railway tunnel from North Frontier Railway.
The total cost of the project is $33 million (Rs 161.90 crore) and it will be developed between Kambiron Road and Thingou station on the new railway line being developed between Jiribam and Tupul in Imphal, Manipur.
The tunnel is expected to be completed within 28 months. HCC will be holding 60 per cent share in the project and the remaining balance will be held by Coastal Projects.
The project scope involves construction of single line BG Tunnel of approximate length of 3.3 km including earthwork, slope protection & stabilisation, RCC portal walls, permanent tunnel support, construction of side drains, rock supporting system and ancillary work.
This is the third order HCC has received from North Frontier Railway on Jiribam-Tupul Railway line.
In 2010, the company was awarded two contracts of $40 million (Rs. 197.06 crore) and and $61 mllion (Rs.312.82 crore) for construction of two BG tunnels of lengths 3.2 km and 4.6 km.
HCC has executed many projects for Kolkata Metro and Delhi Metro Rail projects, it has build 170 km of complex tunneling in addition to hundreds of bridges, dams and barrages.
