Hindustan Construction Company Limited (HCC) has been awarded two contracts valued at ₹2,566 crore by the Patna Metro Rail Corporation Limited (PMRCL). The contracts involve the construction of 10.67 km of underground tunnels using Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and six metro stations under Phase I of the Patna Metro Rail Project.
Package PC-05 includes the design and construction of twin tunnels using a shield TBM, a cut-and-cover tunnel, an underground ramp at Mithapur, and three metro stations: Vikas Bhawan, Vidyut Bhawan and Patna Station.
Package PC-06 comprises an underground ramp at Rukanpura and three metro stations: Rukanpura, Raja Bazar and Patna Zoo.
Both packages also encompass architectural finishing, water supply systems, sanitary and drainage works for stations along the Danapur-Khemnichak Corridor.
With these new contracts, HCC continues to strengthen its position as a key player in India's metro infrastructure development. The company is currently executing works on Mumbai Metro Line III involving 4 km of twin tunnels and four stations, Indore Metro Phase-1 involving 5.66 km of twin tunnels by TBM and seven underground stations, in addition to two packages of the Chennai Metro.
HCC has played a pivotal role in India's metro expansion, having delivered significant portions of the Delhi Metro, Bangalore Metro, Mumbai Metro Line I and Kolkata Metro.
HCC is a business group developing and building responsible infrastructure through next practices. With an engineering heritage of nearly 100 years, HCC has executed a majority of India's landmark infrastructure projects, having constructed 26% of India's Hydro Power generation and 60% of India's Nuclear Power generation capacities, over 4,036 lane km of Expressways and Highways, more than 402 km of complex Tunnelling and 403 Bridges.
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