Infrastructure construction and development company Hindustan Construction Company and its joint venture partner Coastal Projects Ltd have bagged a project of the Northeast Frontier Railway to build a railway tunnel on a new railway line being developed between Jiribam and Tupur in Imphal.

This is the third order received by HCC on the same railway line.

The latest tunnel is between Kaimai Road and Kambiron Road stations. The total cost of the project is Rs 230.96 crore, with HCC’s share being 60 per cent. It is to be completed in 28 months.

alka.k@thehindu.co.in