GUWAHATI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for building the country’s longest bridge Dhubri (Assam)-Phulbari (Meghalaya) bridge over Brahmaputra river, which will provide a third alternative link to Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Barak valley region of Assam with the rest of the country as well as reduce the time and distance to travel to Bhutan and Bangladesh.
This 19-km long four-lane bridge to be built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore once completed will be double the length of the current longest bridge in the country the 9.15 km long Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, also referred to as the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, over Brahmaputra river. The Dhubri-Phulbari bridge will be the eight bridge over the might river.
Uniindia: Kolkata, Feb 18 (UNI) The construction arm of L&T has secured a significant order in the Nuclear sector from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its Heavy Civil Infrastructure business in India to construct the Main Plant Civil Works of the Kudankulam 5&6 units (KKNPP 5&6 – 2X1000 MWe).
The construction arm of L&T has secured a ₹1,000-2,500-crore order in the nuclear sector from Nuclear Power Corporation of India for its heavy civil infrastructure business in India to constr
The contract size is close to Rs 1,400 crore,said a source close to the development. The scope of work involves to procure, fabricate, assemble, paint and transport 28 bridges steel truss superstructures with bearings to various sites that will cross over roads, rivers/\. railway lines and other structures. The project was secured through a consortium of L&T and IHI Infrastructure Systems (IIS) of Japan, said the company in its release today. Dear Reader,
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