India's IRCON Secures ₹8.625 Billion Railway Expansion Contract

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On October 12, India's railway engineering company IRCON International announced that it had received a Letter of Acceptance from East Central Railway for a railway track engineering EPC contract valued at approximately ₹8.625 billion. The contract covers the construction of the third and fourth lines of the Son Nagar–Andal railway section, mainly including the supply of track materials, track laying, and related ancillary construction, with a contractual performance period of 365 days.

The contract was awarded by the Construction Organisation under East Central Railway, adopting the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) general contracting model, with a specific contract amount of ₹8,624,593,012.51. The scope of work covers the supply of railway ballast and permanent way materials, track laying, track connections, and other ancillary works.

The track works cover two sections: Gomoh–Koderma and Gaya–Son Nagar. Among them, the Gomoh–Koderma section is located within the jurisdiction of Dhanbad Division, covering railway chainages from 300.15 km to 393.68 km; the Gaya–Son Nagar section is located within the jurisdiction of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Division, covering railway chainages from 475.200 km to 542.075 km. The corresponding railway chainage lengths for the two sections are 93.53 km and 66.875 km, respectively.

The contract stipulates that the relevant track works must be implemented in accordance with the 32.5-tonne axle load standard, and includes the supply of different types of permanent way materials at Gaya. The material supply work at Gaya is supervised by the local railway construction project management agency, while IRCON International undertakes the material supply and construction tasks stipulated in the contract.