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Gammon India

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Type
  
Public

Founder
  
John C. Gammon

Headquarters
  
Maharashtra

Founded
  
1922

Area served
  
Worldwide

Gammon India wwwgammonindiacomimageslogogif

Traded as
  
NSE: GAMMONIND, BSE: 509550

Industry
  
Construction, Civil Engineering

Stock price
  
GAMMONIND (NSE) ₹ 11.55 +0.10 (+0.87%)10 Mar, 11:38 AM IST - Disclaimer

CEO
  
Ajit Balubhai Desai (18 Dec 2014–)

Revenue
  
55.33 billion INR (2011–2012)

Subsidiaries
  
Franco Tosi Meccanica

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Gammon India Limited is the largest civil engineering construction company in India. Headquartered in Mumbai, it was founded in 1922 by John C. Gammon.

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Notable projects

Gammon India has executed some notable civil engineering projects:

  • The first precast reinforced concrete piling job in India - Construction of the foundations of the Gateway of India, Mumbai in 1919
  • India's first cable-stayed bridge at Akkar, Sikkim
  • The longest railway tunnel in Asia for Konkan Railway at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
  • Mahatma Gandhi Setu spanning the river Ganges, between Patna and Hajipur in Bihar
  • Terminal building for Sharjah International Airport, UAE
  • Elevated viaducts for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
  • India's first second-generation nuclear reactor Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam
  • Gammon have built the largest number of bridges in the Commonwealth region.

    • Gammon India was the recipient of a performance bonus based on its delivery of the extradosed flyover ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Gammon India was also awarded the 'Signature Bridge Project' award for executing a modern designed bridge and approach way for the Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC). This project, valued at close to Rs.10,000 million, is designed to ease traffic flow in Wazirabad, a high traffic density zone in North Delhi.

    Notable accidents

  • In 2007, a portion of a flyover being built by Gammon India in Panjagutta area in Hyderabad collapsed, killing 20 people.
  • In 2009, a bridge being built by Gammon India for Metro rail in Delhi collapsed, killing 6 people and injuring 13.

    • References

    Gammon India Wikipedia
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