L&T secures water treatment and cement plant contracts

18 Mar 2021 Editorial Team

The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured significant orders (totalling between Rs 1,000 to 2,500 crore) for the water treatment and cement manufacturing businesses.

The water and effluent treatment business of L&T Construction has secured EPC orders from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department of Odisha to execute individual rural water supply projects in the Kendrapara and Khorda districts of Odisha. The projects will provide drinking water to 12.28 lakh people across 780 villages in the two districts.

The project includes design and construction of an intake structure, pump house, pressure main of length 34 km and associated electromechanical and instrumentation works.

The business is already executing several other rural water supply projects for the same client and has also secured a repeat order from the water resources department of Odisha to construct an intake structure and pressure main along the right bank of Bargarh main canal of the Gangadhar Mehar lift irrigation project in Bijepur on EPC-turnkey basis.

L&T's buildings and factories business has secured an order from a cement manufacturer in India to construct a 10,000 tonne per day (tpd) integrated cement plant in Pali, Rajasthan. The scope involves civil, mechanical and equipment installation works.

Written from a company news release.

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