New Delhi: Era Infra Engineering, a flagship company of Era Group, today said its joint venture with Ukraine's KMB has secured a Rs 148.40 crore order from Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) for construction of an underground metro station and a tunnel.

With this contract, the order backlog of Era Group has rose to Rs 4,731 crore.

"The company along with its joint venture partner KMB, Ukraine, has secured a contract from DMRC for construction of underground metro station and underground tunnel," Era Infra said in a statement.

The contract involves construction of Dwarka Sector-21 underground station, cover tunnel and related works. The project is scheduled to be completed by November 2009, it said.

"Era's expertise in execution along with KMBs expertise will help biding for strategic contacts in future as well," company's CMD H S Bharana said.

Earlier in February 2008, Era and KMB joint venture had won a Rs 77.9 crore contract from Airports Authority of India. 
Source : PTI