OREANDA-NEWS. Voltas, India's largest air conditioning company, has been awarded the Rs250-crore contract for environmental control and tunnel ventilation of Delhi's mass rapid transport system (Phase III), which had been the focus of intense competition among numerous well-known firms from India and overseas.

The order comes on the heels of Voltas' Rs350 crore Chennai Metro Rail project (now under execution), for design-and-build HVAC covering 19 stations and connecting tunnels (a distance of 24km), as well as electrical and mechanical works for seven stations.

The Delhi project will cover eight underground stations and connecting tunnels, totalling 11.47 km in length, and requiring 42 chillers of over 10500 TR combined tonnage, as well as 34 large air handling units and other equipment.

The scope of work extends to electricals, supervisory control and data acquisition and building management systems, with a three-year maintenance contract to follow. Voltas will provide end-to-end services and solutions from design validation all the way to testing and commissioning, within a 122-week timeframe.

M Gopi Krishna, EVP and COO, Domestic Projects Group, Voltas, said, "With this order and the Chennai Metro Rail project, Voltas is on its way to establishing itself at the forefront of India's urban infrastructure development, which has immense potential for the future."