L&T Casts Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st Pile Cap at Agra Cantt

Larsen & Toubro this week poured concrete to cast their first pile cap 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.

Ground-work for this brand new line started in November 2024 roughly two months after Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) awarded L&T with Package AGCC-07’s Rs. 1242.79 crore civil contract with a tight 24 month deadline.

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.

Per L&T’s construction plan, they will cast a 761 piers to build the line’s viaduct which will primarily comprise of U-girders.

Here are some snaps of the first pile for pier P/19 which is located between Agra Cantt. and Sadar Bazaar stations:

At Agra College Station users will be able to interchange and switch over to the city’s 14.25 km Line-1 (Sikandra – Taj East Gate) where an underground station is under construction by Afcons – SAM India JV as part of Package AGCC-02.

This package’s construction is being financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) through a €450 million loan. See a list of all Agra Metro Phase 1 packages (civil & systems) and their status over here.

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– TMRG