Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Engineering, Construction, Airports, Highways, Metro Rail and Railways |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Dineshchandra R. Agrawal |
| Headquarters | Ambawadi, |
Area served | India, Bangladesh, Mauritius and Nepal |
Key people | Dineshchandra R. Agrawal (Chairman & MD) Jagdishchandra Agrawal (Director) Bharatkumar O. Agrawal (Director) Hardik D. Agrawal (CEO & Director) |
| Services | Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) |
| Revenue | ₹3,864 crores (2021-22) |
| ₹231 crores (2021-22) | |
Number of employees | 4,000 (March 2020) |
| Website | www |
Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited or DRA Infracon is an infrastructure development and construction company based at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India.[1][2] It was founded by Mr. Dineshchandra Rameshwarji Agrawal at Deesa in Banaskantha district of Gujarat in 1972. DRA Infracon got incorporated in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 7 November 2003.[3]
It is one of the leading construction companies in India having construction contracts in Airports, Bridges, Highways, Expressways, Metro Rail, Railways, Smart Cities, Water supply, etc.[4]
Segments
[edit]The company has divided its projects into Seven segments/ businesses that is:
- Road and Highway
- Bridge, Flyover and Grade separator
- Aviation Infrastructure
- Railway and Metro Rail
- Building construction
- Water supply and Waste Management
- Smart Cities and Urban Development.
Key projects
[edit]- Ahmedabad Metro (East-West Corridor)[5]
- Chennai Metro (Purple Line)[6]
- Jaipur Smart City (smart roads)[7][8]
- Jogbani–Biratnagar Integrated Check Post[9][10][11]
- Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR (Bullet train)[12][13]
- Prayagraj railway station redevelopment
- Rohini Heliport (Delhi)
- Sabarmati Riverfront (Ahmedabad)
Roads & Bridges
[edit]- Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway (38 km only)
- Amritsar–Jamnagar Expressway (24 km only)
- DND–KMP Expressway (Delhi to Sohna)
- Delhi–Mumbai Expressway (84 km only)
- Raipur–Visakhapatnam Expressway (04 km in Odisha)
- Barmer–Jalore section of SH-16 in Rajasthan[14]
- Indore–Dewas section of NH-3
- Lucknow outer ring road (Package-3A)
- Maitri Setu (India-Bangladesh)[15]
- Mechi Bridge (India-Nepal)
- Meerut–Shamli–Karnal (NH-709A) (88 km)[16]
- Munabao-Dhanana-Tanot (NH-70) (274 km)[17]
- Raiganj–Dalkhola section of NH-12 (55 km)[18]
- Salasar–Nagaur section of NH-58 (120 km)[19]
Airports
[edit]- Gondia Airport (Maharashtra)
- Itanagar Airport (Arunachal Pradesh)[20][21]
- Runway at Guwahati Airport
- Runway at Hindan Air Force Station
- Runway at INS Utkrosh (Port Blair)
- Runway at Leh Air Force Station (Ladakh)
- Runway at Nal Air Force Station (Bikaner)
- Runway at Palam Air Force Station
- Runway at Suratgarh Air Force Station
- Runway at Tezpur Air Force Station
- Runway at Vijayawada Airport
Awards
[edit]- National Highways Excellence Awards (2021): Gold award in the category "Outstanding work in challenging conditions" by MoRTH in June 2022.[22]
- National Highways Excellence Awards (2020): Gold award in Project Management (PPP) by MoRTH in January 2021.[23]
- National Highways Excellence Awards (2020): Silver award in Project Management (EPC) by MoRTH in January 2021.
- 1st rank for India's fastest-growing construction company in the Medium category by Construction World in 2020.[24]
- National Highways Excellence Awards (2019): Gold award in Project Management (PPP) by MoRTH in January 2020.
- 2nd rank for India's fastest-growing construction company in the Medium category by Construction World in 2019.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NHAI awards Rs 533 crore contract in Rajasthan". The Economic Times. 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Bid done, work on first flyover of Chandigarh to start from month end". The Times of India. 1 November 2019.
- ^ "About Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited". Zauba Corp. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Finding opportunities in a pandemic: Hardik Agarwal, Director of DRA Infracon on Covid19 crisis management". News X. 13 August 2020.
- ^ "DRA Infracon wins Ahmedabad Metro's Thaltej Gam section". The Metro Rail Guy. 17 December 2017.
- ^ "L&T, Tata & DRA Infracon wins Chennai Metro's 29 underground station works". 1 October 2021.
- ^ "The government's smart cities mission is keeping companies busy". Construction World. 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Smart cities require the development and maintenance of Infrastructure". Construction World. 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Biratnagar integrated check post slated to be inaugurated today". The Kathmandu Post. 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Biratnagar ICP to start operation from today". The Himalayan Times. 21 January 2020.
- ^ "PM Modi, Nepal PM KP Oli jointly inaugurate integrated check post via video conferencing". The Times of India. 21 January 2020.
- ^ "IRCON-DRA Infracon JV wins Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR's package C7". The Metro Rail Guy. 5 October 2021.
- ^ "IRCON led consortium wins Rs 3,429 cr contract for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project". Urban Transport News. 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Barmer–Jalore state highway will be rejuvenated". Rajasthan Patrika. 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Construction of Indo-Bangla Maitree bridge in full swing". Dhaka Tribune. 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Widening work of Meerut–Karnal highway started". Amar Ujala. 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Gadkari to inaugurate and lay foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan". Press Information Bureau. 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Last leg of old NH-34 four-laning project in Bengal to begin in August 2020: NHAI". The Economic Times. 29 August 2020.
- ^ "NHAI awards contract for 2-laning of Salasar-Nagaur section of old NH-65 in Rajasthan". Press Information Bureau. 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Arunachal CM sets August 2022 deadline for completion of Hollongi Airport". The New Indian Express. 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Arunachal Government to monitor Hollongi Airport project work". The Times of India. 11 February 2020.
- ^ "National Highways Excellence Awards 2021". Press Information Bureau. 28 June 2022.
- ^ "About National Highways Excellence Awards". MoRTH. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Metro Rail and Road Construction Companies Compete at 6th India Construction Festival". Outlook. 13 October 2020.