IRCON International Limited (IRCON), a Miniratna (Category-I) Schedule -A, Public Sector Enterprises has completed commissioning of doubling work of Hajipur-Bachhwara of 72 Route Km including electrification on 28th September, 2022. IRCON was appointed by East Central Railways for this work.
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- Hajipur-Bachhwara section of Sonepur Division is located in between Hajipur-Barauni High density route and is alternative shortest route of traffic moving/going towards North Frontier region.
- The entire commissioning has been done in various phases i.e. commissioning of Bachhwara- Mohiudding Nagar (20 Km) and Mohiudding NagarSahpur Patori (13 Km) has been done in the year 2020.
- Bachhwara Yard was commissioned in the year 2021 and commissioning of Sahpur Patori- Sahdei Buzurg (12 Km), Hajipur-Akshaywat Rai Nagar (12 Km) & Akshaywat Rai Nagar- Sahdei Buzurg (14 Km) has been completed in the year 2022.
- On 28th September, 2022 the last phase of the section from Akshaywat Rai Nagar to Sahdei Buzurg (14 Km) was commissioned. With this commissioning the entire work of this project has been completed.
- After doubling the Hajipur-Bachhwara section, it will save the detention time/ crossing time in train movement in this section and will facilitate NE bound Goods and Traffic movement in much lesser time. About Ircon International Limited (https://www.ircon.org/; BSE: 541956; NSE: IRCON)
About IRCON:
- IRCON International Limited is a Miniratna (Category – I) Schedule A, Public Sector Enterprise and a leading turnkey Construction Company in the public sector known for quality, commitment and consistency in terms of performance.
- The core competence of IRCON is in Railways, Highways & Extra High Tension substation engineering and Construction.
- The company has executed projects operated in the areas of Railway construction including ballast less track, electrification, tunneling, signal & telecommunication as well as leasing of locos, construction of roads, highways, commercial, industrial & residential buildings and complexes, airport runway and hangars, metro and mass rapid transit system, etc.
- IRCON has widespread operations in several states in India and other countries (Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa, Algeria and Sri Lanka). Company has completed more than 128 projects in 25 countries across the globe and 398 projects in various states in India.
Source: IRCON -Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
