L&T wins orders worth Rs 2,008 cr for power transmission

NEW DELHI, Dec 10:  The construction arm of Larsen and Toubro has won orders worth Rs  2,008 crores including two new international orders and jobs related to transmission in Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.     These orders have been won in  November and December 2014, the company said in its filings to the stock exchanges today.     The  Power Transmission and Distribution Business itself  has secured new orders worth  Rs 1,058 crores.     An international EPC order has been won from an Algerian transmission utility company – SONELGAZ GRTE (National Society for Electricity and Gas).
On the domestic front, the company bagged an order in Jammu & Kashmir from the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited for the supply and erection of transmission lines. The order involves setting up 220 kV single circuit and 66 kV double circuit transmission lines with associated transmission and interconnection systems.
Another transmission line order has been received from the Bihar Grid Company Limited for the supply and erection of 132 KV and 220 KV double and single circuit transmission lines. This is a part of tower packages which are associated with strengthening Bihar’s electric transmission system.     In Uttar Pradesh, L&T  received an order from Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited for rural electrification works to be carried out  in Ghazipur district.
Additional orders worth 319 crores have been received for various transmission lines and substation works of various ongoing jobs, the company said.