A joint venture of Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. (HCC) and VCCL received a contract worth Rs.489 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) under Phase IV of the Delhi Metro project. HCC’s share in the JV is 75% (i.e. Rs.367 crore). The work is expected to be completed in three years.
The contract is for design and construction of 2.03-km long twin tunnels on the Janakpuri West to R.K. Ashram corridor (Extension of Line 8) of Phase IV. The twin tunnels will be constructed using Shield Tunnel Boring Machines. The contract also includes the construction of an underground station, namely Krishna Park Extension.
HCC completed the 1.54-km long CC66 package of DMRC on Dwarka-Najafgarh Corridor in October 2019. This was the sixth DMRC contract successfully completed by the company. HCC has been a leading participant in all three prior phases of the Delhi Metro project.
HCC is a business group of global scale 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 27% of India’s Hydro Power generation and 60% of India’s Nuclear Power generation capacities, over 3,900 lane km of Expressways and Highways, more than 350 km of complex Tunnelling and 382 Bridges.
Today, HCC Ltd. serves the infrastructure sectors of Transportation, Power and Water. The HCC Group, with a group turnover of Rs.10,322 crore, comprises of HCC Ltd., HCC Infrastructure Co. Ltd., and Steiner AG in Switzerland.
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