L&T wins ₹2,500-cr construction contracts

The construction arm of L&T has recently secured construction orders worth ₹2,500 crore across business segments. The Water and Effluent Treatment Business has bagged an EPC order from Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company for augmenting and strengthening the Dhanbad Urban Water Supply Scheme Phase II under Dhanbad Municipal Corporation. The scope of work includes design and construction of an intake structure of capacity of 77 MLD, two water treatment plants of aggregate capacity of 15.5 MLD, transmission and distribution pipelines of 584 km, ground level service reservoirs of aggregate capacity of 8,600 KL, house service connections and associated electromechanical and instrumentation works including operation and. maintenance for 5 years. The business has also secured an order from State Project Management Unit in West Bengal for flood protection works and embankment strengthening of Damodar river in East Bardhhaman & Hooghly districts.. Another order has been secured from BPCL for construction of stone columns in Krishnapatnam, and from BHEL to build piles and related civil work for the 2x660 MW STPP coal and ash handling plant at Ennore. An order has been received from CMRL for underground works at Korukkupet station, Chennai, and from IndusInd Bank to construct a diaphragm wall for a basement of multi-level car park at Teynampet, Chennai. It has also received an order for the execution of mechanical works for a cement plant at Kurnool. Additionally, the construction arm has received add-on orders for some of its existing projects across the Transportation Infrastructure and Metallurgical and Material Handling businesses and all these orders involved a combined investment worth ₹2,500 crore.