Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a Rs. 1242.79 crore contract for the civil construction of Agra Metro Phase 1 project’s 15.09 km Line-2 which will connect Agra Cantonment – Kalindi Vihar via 14 elevated stations.

This development comes less than a month after Larsen & Toubro was declared as the lowest bidder by Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) for Line-2’s construction which will be executed under one mega package AGCC-07.

Package AGCC-07’s scope includes the construction of the entire line’s viaduct, 14 elevated stations, 530m viaduct to Line-2’s Kalindi Vihar Depot, and interestingly a 2.61 km viaduct from north of Sadar Bazar metro station to Line-1’s PAC Depot built by Lisha Engineers as part of Package AGCC-03.

UPMRC had invited bids for AGCC-07’s construction in December 2023 with a Rs. 1529.29 crore estimate and tight 24 month deadline. Technical bids were opened in March 2024 to reveal 6 bidders, and bid evaluation was completed in early August week to reveal 4 bidders had qualified in the technical round.