India’s Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp awarded a consortium consisting of Mitsui & Co., Ircon International Limited and Tata Projects Limited has been awarded orders totaling 49 billion yen (USD 459 million). The orders are for civil and track works in the State of Maharashtra from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai to Vaitarana spanning 102 km, as part of a plan to build a dedicated freight line between Delhi and Mumbai through India’s largest industrial area. Mitsui’s various projects in the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), including previous contracts for civil and track works and signaling and telecommunications works, now total 164 billion yen (USD 1.5 billion).
Mitsui will be the consortium leader for the project. IRCON and TPL will jointly carry out civil engineering work and lay tracks, using high-quality Japanese-made rails.
The Western DFC will be the backbone of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) scheme, a joint initiative by the Japanese and Indian governments. In addition to reducing the load that is on the existing tracks, it will reduce the time required to move freight from Delhi to Mumbai from over three days at present to less than one day. This major improvement in logistical efficiency is expected to make a significant contribution to industrial development in India.
The consortium previously received two consecutive orders for civil and track works covering two sections totaling 320 km from Vaitarana, Maharashtra to Sachin, Gujarat. The combined length of these previous civil and track works and the aforementioned project contracts totals 422 km from JNPT (Mumbai) to Vadodara, Gujarat, and the route runs parallel to the rapid train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
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