ICT bags consultancy contracts in Mozambique, Ghana

New Delhi, May 1 (UNI) The capital-headquartered consultancy major, Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Ltd (ICT), has bagged prestigious international engineering consultancy contracts worth over 3.25 million US dollars in Tajikistan, Ghana and Mozambique.

In Tajikistan, the consultancy services have been awarded for strengthening road maintenance financing system through the Asian Development Bank.

The contract, worth 496,000 dollars, is to be executed over 12 months.

In Ghana, ICT was awarded an international contract of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for ''Rehabilitation of Runway and Apron Pavements'' at Kumasi Airport.

The project's objective is to provide safe and adequate aerodrome facilities at Kumasi airport by rehabilitating the existing runway and installing a runway and Apron Airfield Ground Lighting System.

The project, pegged at 13,83450 dollars, is to be completed within a span of nine months.

In Mozambique, the company has been selected for providing consultancy services for an effective management of its national road network. The contract period is for eight months and the contract amount is arond 14 lakh dollars.

''As the head of an Indian company with global vision, I am delighted that ICT is breaking new international grounds and Indian expertise is increasingly being recognised in a field which requires a very high degree of engineering and technical expertise and proven competence,'' ICT CMD Kiran K Kapila said.

''Like in the past many years, we are optimistic that ICT's footprint in the global infrastructure arena will continue to increase as we add new capabilities and reinforce the existing ones.'' In addition, ICT, ranked among world's top 100 infrastructure consultancy firms by Swedish Academy of Archiects and Engineers, had recently been awarded some key domestic road development projects, including 4/6-laning of NH-7 in Tamil Nadu as part of the North-South Corridor.

Another project involves independent consultancy services for 4/6-laning of Jaiur-Mahua BOT project on NH-11 under the NHDP Phase-IIIA in Rajasthan.

ICT has also bagged consultancy services for 4/6-laning of Thrissur-Edapally stretch on NH-47 in Kerala.

The total contract amount for the three domestic road projects is Rs 21 crore.

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