Larsen & Toubro bags orders for rural water supply project in Madhya Pradesh

MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro’s water and effluent treatment business has won engineering, procurement and conduction work orders for the execution of rural piped water supply schemes in various districts of Madhya Pradesh, worth in the range of Rs 2,500 crore to Rs 5,000 crore, the company said on Wednesday.

The projects are part of Jal Jeevan Mission and cover the districts of Guna, Ashoknagar, Shivpuri, Agar Malwa and Singrauli in the state. The schemes will cater to the drinking water requirement of 3,103 villages covering a population of 48 lakh, the company said.

L&T said that the scope of the order includes design and construction of intake structures, water treatment plants of aggregate capacity 377 millions of liter per day (MLD), transmission and distribution pipelines of length 17,513 kms, construction of main reservoirs and overhead service reservoirs, setting up of pump infrastructure and associated electromechanical and instrumentation works. L&T will also be responsible for operation and maintenance for 10 years.

The business has also secured an order to execute integrated infrastructure development works at Gwalior.

At 14:30 IST, shares of L&T were trading at Rs 1,260.45 on BSE, almost flat from the previous close.