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Tata Projects consortium served termination notice over 'intolerable' delay

Move over 'inordinate delay' in executing crucial stretch of Western DFC

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)
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Sources indicated, the consortium is likely to resort to legal route against the termination, however, there is no official confirmation for the same

Dhruvaksh Saha New Delhi
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has issued termination notice to Tata Projects-partnered consortium over “intolerable” delays in the execution of a crucial stretch of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). The section is a part of a 422-kilometre contract estimated at Rs 4,328 crore.

The Express Freight Consortium, which comprises Japanese infrastructure firm Mitsui & Co., state-owned Ircon International, and Tata Projects, has been served a termination notice over the much-delayed Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)-connecting stretch of the Western DFC, with ultimatums issued for stretches delayed, multiple executives in the know confirmed to Business Standard.

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