BCPL Wins Rs 86.64 Mn Eastern Railway Electrification Order

16 Jan 2026 CW Team

BCPL Railway Infrastructure Limited has secured an order for 25 kV overhead electrification (OHE) and allied electrical works in the Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway. The company has received the letter of acceptance for the project involving the removal of in-between track OHE masts.

The order, valued at Rs 86.64 million, is scheduled to be executed over a period of 12 months. The project strengthens BCPL’s order book in the railway electrification segment and adds to its ongoing engagement with Indian Railways.

The company remains optimistic about sustained opportunities across EPC works, network modifications, new line construction, additional track lines and speed upgrades on a pan-India basis, supporting steady workflow in the near future.

Aparesh Nandi, Chairman, said, “We at BCPL Railway Infrastructure Limited are pleased to inform our stakeholders on our recent order intake of 25KV OHE and allied electrical works in connection with ‘Removal of In between Track OHE Masts over Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway’. The value of this order is Rs.86.64 million and we are quite optimistic about the pipeline of orders in the coming months, in near future also.”

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