L&T has said that its Construction’s Transportation Infrastructure business has won a major Design & Build order from the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd. (DMTC) worth Rs 3191 Crore for Electrical & Mechanical Systems Package of Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (MRT–Line 6).
Line 6 is the first route of the Mass Rapid Transit system in Bangladesh. The project is funded by the Japan International Corporation agency (JICA) through bilateral aid from Japan to Bangladesh. L&T has secured the order in JV with Marubeni Corporation ( Japan ) through an international competitive bidding process.
The Power Transmission & Distribution businessof L&T Construction will execute the 132kV GIS based Receiving Substations, associated EHV cables fromGrid Substations, Auxiliary Substations at stations & depot, 33kV Cable network along the viaduct and the SCADA system for the power supply arrangements
Meanwhile, shares of the company were trading at Rs 1337.05 apiece down 0.12 per cent from the previous close at 11:05 hrs on BSE.