Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon

Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited (DRAIPL)

Company type	Private
Industry	Engineering, Construction, Airports, Highways, Metro Rail and Railways
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Founder	Dineshchandra R. Agrawal
Headquarters	Ambawadi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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)
Net income	₹231 crores (2021-22)
Number of employees	4,000 (March 2020)
Website	www.draipl.com

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

The company has divided its projects into Seven segments/ businesses that is:

1. Road and Highway
2. Bridge, Flyover and Grade separator
3. Aviation Infrastructure
4. Railway and Metro Rail
5. Building construction
6. Water supply and Waste Management
7. Smart Cities and Urban Development.

Key projects

• Ahmedabad Metro (East-West Corridor)[5]
• Chennai Metro (Line-3)[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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Adani Group
• Dilip Buildcon
• Sadbhav Engineering

References

1. "NHAI awards Rs 533 crore contract in Rajasthan". The Economic Times. 21 July 2016.
2. "Bid done, work on first flyover of Chandigarh to start from month end". The Times of India. 1 November 2019.
3. "About Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited". Zauba Corp. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
4. "Finding opportunities in a pandemic: Hardik Agarwal, Director of DRA Infracon on Covid19 crisis management". News X. 13 August 2020.
5. "DRA Infracon wins Ahmedabad Metro's Thaltej Gam section". The Metro Rail Guy. 17 December 2017.
6. "L&T, Tata & DRA Infracon wins Chennai Metro's 29 underground station works". 1 October 2021.
7. "The government's smart cities mission is keeping companies busy". Construction World. 1 February 2019.
8. "Smart cities require the development and maintenance of Infrastructure". Construction World. 1 February 2019.
9. "Biratnagar integrated check post slated to be inaugurated today". The Kathmandu Post. 21 January 2020.
10. "Biratnagar ICP to start operation from today". The Himalayan Times. 21 January 2020.
11. "PM Modi, Nepal PM KP Oli jointly inaugurate integrated check post via video conferencing". The Times of India. 21 January 2020.
12. "IRCON-DRA Infracon JV wins Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR's package C7". The Metro Rail Guy. 5 October 2021.
13. "IRCON led consortium wins Rs 3,429 cr contract for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project". Urban Transport News. 5 October 2021.
14. "Barmer–Jalore state highway will be rejuvenated". Rajasthan Patrika. 8 July 2017.
15. "Construction of Indo-Bangla Maitree bridge in full swing". Dhaka Tribune. 11 October 2017.
16. "Widening work of Meerut–Karnal highway started". Amar Ujala. 31 May 2021.
17. "Gadkari to inaugurate and lay foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan". Press Information Bureau. 23 December 2020.
18. "Last leg of old NH-34 four-laning project in Bengal to begin in August 2020: NHAI". The Economic Times. 29 August 2020.
19. "NHAI awards contract for 2-laning of Salasar-Nagaur section of old NH-65 in Rajasthan". Press Information Bureau. 21 July 2016.
20. "Arunachal CM sets August 2022 deadline for completion of Hollongi Airport". The New Indian Express. 12 November 2020.
21. "Arunachal Government to monitor Hollongi Airport project work". The Times of India. 11 February 2020.
22. "National Highways Excellence Awards 2021". Press Information Bureau. 28 June 2022.
23. "About National Highways Excellence Awards". MoRTH. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
24. "Metro Rail and Road Construction Companies Compete at 6th India Construction Festival". Outlook. 13 October 2020.

External links

• Official website