IVRCL Ltd (IVRCL) has announced that it has bagged orders worth Rs 972.07 crore through the transportation and mining divisions of the company.
The transportation division has secured aggregate orders worth Rs 917.80 crore, including “Construction of Tunnel T-74R (between Km 125 and 134) on Dharam-Qazigund Section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla new BG railway line project (package T-74R)” awarded to IVRCL joint venture by IRCON International Ltd, New Delhi.
The project is to be executed in 36 months. The scope of the project includes construction of main tunnel-8,600 m long and related facilities, including pedestrian crossings, escape tunnel.
This Northern Railway project seeks to connect Jammu and Kashmir with main land through rail link and is passing through PirPanjal Range of Himalayas. This project is the first package in the new alignment fixed deeper inside the mountain giving a rock over burden of more than 1 km above the tunnel.
IRCON has adopted NATM (New AstrianTunnelling Method) for this package. NATM integrates the principles of behaviour of rock masses under load. This has been referred to as a “Design as you go” approach by providing an optimised support based on observed convergence and divergence in the lining as well as mapping of prevailing rock conditions.
The other project entails “Construction of roadbed, major and minor bridges and track linking in Abu Road-Sarotra Road (24.35 km) in Ajmer Division of North Western Railway in Rajasthan and Gujarat State, India” awarded by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.
The company also secured an order for “Construction of roadbed, major and minor bridges and track linking in Sarotra Road-Palanpur Section (25.75 km) in Ajmer Division of North Western Railway in Gujarat State, India” awarded by Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.