Urban Infrastructure

Our Urban Infrastructure business vertical covers elevated and underground metro works, bridges, flyovers and elevated corridors. Since 1979, we have constructed several high-value projects, over 120 km of elevated and underground metro networks, over 150 bridges, viaducts and flyovers and 32 elevated and underground metro stations, across nine cities in India.

We were the 12th largest international contractor in the bridges segment based on International Revenue for the Financial Year 2024 and the only Indian company to feature in the top 25 in the 2024 ENR (Engineering News-Record, US) Top International Contractors rankings based on International Revenue for the Financial Year 2024.

ROADS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM, ADDU CITY, MALDIVES

Urban Infrastructure

Maldives

Client : Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Republic of Maldives

Scope : Design and build of 103.7 Kms of Roads and Drainage system in Addu City, including 38 pumping stations, 370 CCTV, and 1.46km-long Hankede Bridge in the sea

Ahmedabad Metro Phase-1, UG Metro

Urban Infrastructure

Ahmedabad, India

Client : Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) Limited

Consultant : MEGA-GEC (SYSTRA-RITES-OCG-AECOM)

Scope : Design and construction of  underground stations and tunnel comprising of east ramp, twin bored underground Tunnel between east ramp and Kalupur metro station; all cut and cover portion, and, two underground stations Kankaria east and Kalupur for Ahmedabad Metro Project Phase-1

Nagpur Metro Reach-3, Nagpur, India

Urban Infrastructure

Nagpur, India

Client : Maha Metro

Consultant : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS

Scope : 10.8km elevated corridor (East-West) between Rani Jhansi Square to Lokmanya Nagar.

Afcons completed the project in record time of 28 months.  Sitbauldi Interchange station was completed in a record time of 20 months. It is the highest Metro Interchange Station in India.

Nagpur Metro Reach-2, Nagpur, India

Urban Infrastructure

Nagpur, India

Client : Maha Metro

Consultant : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS

Scope  : 6.67km elevated corridor between Sitabuldi Interchange to Automotive Square, including four stations

Afcons has constructed Asia’s longest double-decker viaduct (5.3km) in Reach-2, including India’s first four-level transportation corridor at Gaddigodam Railway crossing

Nagpur Metro Priority Corridor (Reach-2), Nagpur, India

Urban Infrastructure

Nagpur, India

Client : Maha Metro

Consultant  : Kirti Consultants Pvt Ltd (Contractor) General Consultants: SYSTRA-RITES-AECOM-EGIS

Scope : 600m elevated corridor between Sitabuldi and Zero Mile station including
a 44m composite steel girder span. 

Afcons completed the priority corridor in just three months, and, 211 days ahead of schedule. The 44m composite steel girder span over Govari flyover was placed in a record time.

Metro Tunelling Below Hooghly River, Kolkata, India

Urban Infrastructure

Kolkata, India

Client : Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (KMRCL)

Consultant : MYCEL

Scope : Design and construction of twin Metro tunnels below River Hooghly connecting Howrah and Sealdah stations.

Afcons has built India’s first underwater Metro tunnels

Barakhamba Metro Station, New Delhi, India

Urban Infrastructure

New Delhi, India

Client : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Consultant : Systra (client consultant)

Scope : Underground Metro station including tunnelling using TBM.

Afcons completed the project in record time of 22 months and became  the first Indian company to construct the underground station and tunnel without foreign JV

Underground Metro, Chennai, India

Urban Infrastructure

Chennai, India

Client : Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL)

Consultant : EMBYE (EGIS RAIL, Maunsell Asia, BARSYL, YEC & EGIS INDIA)

Scope  : Five packages for Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL); Chennai Central Metro Station, one of the largest underground stations in India.

Tunnelling for Package 8 completed five months ahead of schedule

Priority Corridor, Kanpur, India

Urban Infrastructure

Kanpur, India

Client : Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation

Consultant : TYPSA – Italferr

Scope  : Construction of 9.6km elevated viaduct between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel including 9 stations.

Afcons completed the project in a record time of 22-and-a-half-months making it one of India’s fastest-executed Metro projects

Elevated Viaduct, New Delhi, India

Urban Infrastructure

Delhi, India

Client : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Consultant : Shirish Patel & Associates

Scope : Construction of elevated viaduct of length 4.9 km.

Afcons used specially designed launching trusses for the first time to erect precast segments to avoid traffic disruption in the national capital

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Cherag Sarosh Balsara

Independent Director

Cherag Sarosh Balsara is an Additional Independent Director on the Board of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, University of Bombay, a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in law from Government Law College, University of Bombay. He has over 31 years of experience as an advocate on the rolls of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.