Patel Engineering Secures Rs 798 Cr SECL Contract for Excavation and Coal Transportation Works

Patel Engineering Ltd has received two Letters of Intent from Saidax Engineers and Infrastructures Pvt Ltd for excavation, overburden removal, and coal transportation works at the Jhiria West OCP project in Hasdeo Area, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, for South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).

The combined contract value is Rs 798.19 crore. The scope includes composite overburden removal, rehandling, coal cutting using surface miners, loading, and transportation of coal. It also covers deployment and maintenance of equipment, diesel supply, and workforce required to execute the project.

Commenting on the development, Managing Director Kavita Shirvaikar said, "These new projects represents a natural extension of the large-scale infrastructure works we undertake and also open up new avenues. Importantly, these works come in addition to a robust tender pipeline of more than ₹34,000 crores already bid and under evaluation, as well as further opportunities worth ₹18,000 crores expected to come up for bidding before the end of this financial year. Looking ahead, nearly ₹1 lakh crores of projects are anticipated to come up for bidding over the next one to two years in the core areas that we operate. With these opportunities, we are confident that our order book will grow substantially in the coming year and beyond.”