Kolkata, March 20 Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. (Afcons), the infrastructure arm of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has bagged a Rs.938-crore project for design and construction of a part of the East-West Metro project in the city.
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. (Afcons), the infrastructure arm of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has bagged a Rs.938-crore project for design and construction of a part of the East-West Metro project in the city.
Disclosing this at a media meet here Saturday, Afcons director for transportation Ramakrishna V. Ramanan said: 'The project includes design and construction of the underground Metro from Howrah Maidan station to Central Station'.
The project, bagged through competitive bidding in joint venture with a Russian company Transtonnelstroy Limited, has to be completed in four years.
Part of the project includes making a link, 20 metres below the Hooghly river.
The contract includes designing and construction of three underground stations and a nearly three-km of twin bored tunnel, of which 520 metres is under the river.