Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- The awarded contract is an EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) project for the construction of Common Central Secretarial Buildings 8 & 9 at Plot No. 23 B & C, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi.

This domestic civil construction contract has to be completed within a period of 21 months.

The value of this contract is nearly 50% of the company's full market capitalisation, which currently stands at Rs 6,198.02 crore.

On the BSE, 8,394 shares of the company had changed hands at the counter, which is over three times the two-week average trading volume of 2,607 shares.

Ahluwalia Contracts (India) is an integrated construction company, offering turnkey engineering, design and construction services to both public a...