Ashoka Buildcon bags $38-mn EPC contract in Maldives.

Construction firm Ashoka Buildcon has bagged a contract worth $38.11 million (around Rs. 247 crore) from Maldives-based company Housing Development Corporation.

'Our 50:50 consortium with Mohan Mutha Exports Pvt Ltd has been awarded the EPC contract for development of a road network for Hulhumale, Phase 2, Stage 1 Project by Housing Development Corporation (HDC), Republic of Maldives, to be completed in 18 months,' Ashoka Buildcon said.

The estimated cost of the project according to HDC is $38.11 million, it added.

In a regulatory filing, Ashoka Buildcon also said the consortium has signed a contract agreement with Housing Development Corporation, Maldives.

Ashoka Buildcon shares were trading up 1.75 per cent at Rs. 165.40 in afternoon trade on the BSE.

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