# Gammon India > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gammon_India > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gammon_India.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_India > Source revision: 1251356176 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian construction company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}} {{Multiple issues| {{Too few opinions|date=December 2010}} {{weasel|date=December 2010}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Gammon India Limited | logo = Gammon India Logo.svg | type = [Public](/source/Public_company) | traded_as = {{NSE|GAMMONIND}}
{{BSE|509550}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|15 June 1922}} | founder = John C. Gammon | location = [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai), [India](/source/India) | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Abhijit Rajan
{{small|(Chairman)}}
Ajit Desai
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Anurag Choudhry
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Niki Shingade
{{small|(Company Secretary)}} | industry = [Engineering, procurement and construction](/source/Engineering%2C_procurement_and_construction) | revenue = {{INRConvert|52.84|c}}{{cite web |title=Stock share price of Gammon India |url=https://www.bseindia.com/stock-share-price/gammon-india-ltd/gammonind/509550/financials-results/ |work=BSE India}} | revenue_year = 2021 | operating_income = | net_income = {{INRConvert|-716.85|c}} | net_income_year = 2021 | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 50 (March 2019) | website = {{url|www.gammonindia.com}} }} '''Gammon India Limited''' is one of the largest [civil engineering](/source/civil_engineering) [construction](/source/construction) companies in [India](/source/India).{{Cite web |url=http://www.gammonindia.com/about.html |title=Gammon India Limited-About us |access-date=13 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629022558/http://www.gammonindia.com/about.html |archive-date=29 June 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([WP:NOTRS](/source/WP%3ANOTRS)).|date=August 2023}} Headquartered in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai), it was founded in 1922 by John C. Gammon. ==Notable projects== Gammon India has executed some notable civil engineering projects:{{cite web |url=http://www.gammonindia.com/landmark_projects.html |title=Gammon India Ltd. – Builders to the nation |publisher=Gammonindia.com |access-date=2010-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721011220/http://www.gammonindia.com/landmark_projects.html |archive-date=21 July 2010 |df=dmy }} * '''First Project''' ** The first precast reinforced concrete piling job in India—construction of the foundations of the Gateway of India, Mumbai in 1919{{Cite web|url=http://www.gammonindia.com/projects/landmark-project-for-gammon-india.htm|title = Civil Projects, Infrastructure Projects, Transportation Projects, Power Projects, Transmission and Distribution Projects, Irrigation Projects}} * '''Bridge Project''' ** [Cable-stayed bridge](/source/Cable-stayed_bridge) at [Akkar](/source/Akkar), [Sikkim](/source/Sikkim) ** Gammon have built the largest number of bridges in the Commonwealth region. * '''Tunnel Project''' ** One of the longest [railway tunnel](/source/railway_tunnel) in [Asia](/source/Asia) for [Konkan Railway](/source/Konkan_Railway) at [Ratnagiri](/source/Ratnagiri), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) ** [Mahatma Gandhi Setu](/source/Mahatma_Gandhi_Setu) spanning the river [Ganges](/source/Ganges), between [Patna](/source/Patna) and [Hajipur](/source/Hajipur) in [Bihar](/source/Bihar){{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Gandhi-Setu-An-engineering-marvel/articleshow/14009526.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817123153/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-11/patna/32174190_1_patna-and-north-bihar-mahatma-gandhi-setu-bridge|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-08-17|title=Gandhi Setu: An engineering marvel|date=2012-06-11|work=[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)|access-date=2013-12-12}} * '''Building Project''' ** [Terminal](/source/Airport_terminal) building for [Sharjah International Airport](/source/Sharjah_International_Airport), [UAE](/source/United_Arab_Emirates) * '''Metro Project''' ** Elevated [viaduct](/source/viaduct)s for [Delhi Metro Rail Corporation](/source/Delhi_Metro_Rail_Corporation) * '''Nuclear Project''' ** India's first second-generation nuclear reactor [Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor](/source/Prototype_Fast_Breeder_Reactor) at [Kalpakkam](/source/Kalpakkam){{cite news|url=http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Under+pressure+Gammon+India+ex&artid=1Vj4rthntcg=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=&SectionName=rSY |title=Under pressure Gammon India executed big project |date=2009-07-29 |publisher=The New Indian Express |access-date=2009-08-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * '''Thermal power Project''' ** The first 500 MW thermal power station at [Trombay](/source/Trombay) * '''Flyover Project''' ** The then longest urban flyover at [Hebbal](/source/Hebbal%2C_Bangalore) for the [Bangalore Development Authority](/source/Bangalore_Development_Authority) - 5.3km * '''Cooling Tower Project''' ** The tallest cooling tower at Bhusawal Gammon India was the recipient of a performance bonus based on its delivery of the [extradosed](/source/Extradosed_bridge) flyover ahead of the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games) at [Delhi](/source/Delhi) for the [Delhi Metro Rail Corporation](/source/Delhi_Metro_Rail_Corporation) (DMRC). Gammon India was also awarded the [Signature Bridge](/source/Signature_Bridge) Project award for executing a modern designed bridge and approach way for the [Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation](/source/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](/source/Wazirabad), a high traffic density zone in [North Delhi](/source/North_Delhi).{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} ==Notable accidents== * In 2007, a portion of a flyover being built by Gammon India in Panjagutta area in [Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad) collapsed, killing 20 people.{{Cite news|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/20_dead_in_Hyderabad,_India_flyover_collapse|title=20 dead in Hyderabad, India flyover collapse|newspaper=Wikinews|date=9 September 2007}} * In 2009, a bridge being built by Gammon India for Metro rail in [Delhi](/source/Delhi) collapsed, killing 6 people and injuring 13.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/6-killed-13-injured-in-Metro-bridge-collapse-in-Delhi/articleshow/4767942.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928034229/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-12/delhi/28171545_1_metro-bridge-collapse-pillars-lady-sriram-college | url-status=live | archive-date=2013-09-28 | work=[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India) | title=6 killed, 13 injured in Metro bridge collapse in Delhi | date=2009-07-12}} ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Companies based in Mumbai Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of India Category:Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1922 Category:Indian companies established in 1922 Category:Companies formerly listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Category:Companies formerly listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gammon India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_India) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_India?action=history)). 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