PANAJI
Tata Projects Limited has announced the commencement of work on the Rs 4,328 crore project to build the 320-kilometre stretch of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, a dedicated freight line connecting Delhi and Mumbai.
The company, along with IRCON International Limited, is part of the Express Freight Consortium, which is led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Japan.
The consortium plans to complete the work in the scheduled time of 48 months using latest technology of automated track laying machines.
On this occasion, Vinayak Deshpande, Managing Director “ Tata Projects Limited, said, “We are delighted to be a part of this ambitious dedicated freight corridor project for the second time, as we are already constructing a section of the eastern freight corridor. The early commencement of work, within a short period of the award of contract, is testimony to our proven execution excellence and capabilities in this area. TataProjects, along with the other consortium partners, aims to bring the best of the technological advancements for this project in line with global standards. This project is an important milestone towards modernization of India’s rail freight transportation, and we at Tata Projects are committed to the development of India.”
