Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won a Rs 4,510-crore order from Qatar Railways Company for design and construction of the Gold Line of the Doha Metro project. The company has an order book of Rs 1.7-lakh crore and has given an order growth forecast of 15 per cent for 2013-14.
L&T said its heavy civil infrastructure business segment secured the order with joint venture partners Aktor (Greece), Yapi Merkezi Insaat (Turkey), STFA Group (Turkey) and Al Jaber Engineering of Qatar. The total value of the order for the venture is Rs 20,000 crore. The project is to be completed in 54 months.
The deal includes design and construction of twin tunnels for 11 km and nine underground metro stations. This Metro project is among the key infrastructure projects of national interest, according to the Qatar National Vision 2030 report.
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