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L&T secures two Dhaka Metro Line 1 systems packages, tagged Major

L&T's Transportation Infrastructure vertical has secured two Design & Build orders for Dhaka Metro Line 1 in Bangladesh.

By ScoutQuest · Tue 27 Oct 2026, 10:15 AM IST · 2 min read

Contract Packages

CP09: track works & electrical systems; CP10: signalling, telecommunications & platform screen doors

Order Size Band

Tagged "Major*" — ₹5,000 to 10,000 crore

Client / Funding

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL); project funded by JICA

Two systems packages for Bangladesh's first underground metro

What was announced

• The Transportation Infrastructure business vertical of L&T has secured major Design & Build orders for two key systems packages of the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Line 1), that is Dhaka Metro.
• The packages are Contract Package CP09 (Track Works & Electrical Systems) and Contract Package CP10 (Signalling, Telecommunications & Platform Screen Doors).
• The customer is Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).

The project itself

• Dhaka Metro Line 1 is described as the first underground metro project in Bangladesh, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
• The system spans approximately 31 km, with 19 stations and a depot at Pitalganj.
• It includes the Airport Route from Kamalapur to Airport and the Purbachal Route from Natun Bazar to Purbachal Terminal.

How big are the orders

• The release tags the orders "Major*". Its footnote table defines the bands as: Significant ₹1,000 to 2,500 crore, Large ₹2,500 to 5,000 crore, Major ₹5,000 to 10,000 crore, Mega ₹10,000 to 15,000 crore, Ultra-Mega above ₹15,000 crore.
• So "Major" points to a ₹5,000 to 10,000 crore band. This is a size classification, not a single stated contract value.

Scope of work

• Under CP09, L&T, along with Japanese partner M/s Sumitomo Corporation, will undertake design, procurement, installation, testing and commissioning of the complete track works, power supply and distribution system, traction substations, overhead catenary system and associated electrical facilities across the corridor.
• Under CP10, L&T will execute signalling, telecommunication and platform screen doors for the entire network.
• Together the two packages form the core operational systems of the line.

Track record the company cites

• L&T says it had previously won and delivered the integrated railway systems package for Dhaka Metro Line 6, Bangladesh's first metro rail corridor, which is currently in commercial operation.
• It also says the Jakarta Metro is under execution.
• Management describes the DMTCL orders as repeat orders and points to experience in integrating multiple systems in coordination with OEMs and stakeholders.

What a retail reader may take away

• This is an order-win disclosure: it adds to the order book of the Transportation Infrastructure vertical, with revenue typically recognised as the work is executed over the contract period.
• The work is outside India and funded by a development agency, and involves coordinating several systems and partners — elements the company itself highlights in its comment.
• The company is described in the release as a USD 32 billion multinational operating in EPC projects, hi-tech manufacturing, products and services.

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