L&T bags major rural water supply contract in MP, pipeline order in Chhattisgarh
Engineering & construction major L&T has bagged several contracts in its water & effluent treatment business in recent weeks, including an EPC order for execution of rural piped water supply schemes in Madhya Pradesh.
The company said the rural piped water supply schemes will cater to the drinking water requirement of 3103 villages covering a population of 48,00,000. The projects are part of the Government’s ambitious plan to provide piped water supply to every rural household by 2024.
The Madhya Pradesh projects are part of Jal Jeevan Mission and cover the districts of Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Agar Malwa & Singrauli.
The scope includes design & construction of intake structures, water treatment plants of aggregate capacity 377 million litre per day (MLD), transmission & distribution pipelines of length 17,513 Kms, 23 master balancing reservoirs of aggregate capacity 17.5 ML, 1313 overhead service reservoirs of aggregate capacity 193 ML, 46 sump & pump houses of aggregate capacity 46 ML, 6.5 lakh house service connections and associated electromechanical & instrumentation works including 10 years of operation & maintenance.
The project also involves automation and measurement of water quantity & quality through SCADA system.
Though L&T does not now disclose the value size of its orders, it said the value of the Madhya Pradesh contracts is in the Rs 2500 – 000 crore range, which the company classifies as ‘large’ project.
The MP order was followed by an EPC order involving design, engineering, supply & installation of plant and equipment to lay 135 km of slurry pipeline and water pipeline systems between Bacheli and Nagarnar and associated facilities in Chhattisgarh.
L&T is already executing a pumping facility as part of another package for the same client in the same area that involves the supply of positive displacement pumps and the construction of a slurry pump house.
The value of the contract stands between Rs 1000-2500 crore, making it a ‘significant’ one for the company.
Earlier, the company said it had secured a repeat EPC order from Narmada Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department (NWRWS & KD), Gujarat to execute the Tapi-Karjan pipeline link irrigation scheme.
The project envisages irrigation of 16,919 hectares of command area in Tapi & Surat districts by lifting 14.2 cumec of water from the Ukai reservoir. The scope includes survey, design, procurement, construction and installation of pumping systems, supply and laying of MS pipeline of various diameters and pipeline distribution networks with all allied works.
