The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro has won new orders for Rs 1,576 crore during October 2014, according to an exchange filing from the company.
Of this, the power transmission and distribution business won orders worth Rs 1,164 crore. Prominent among them is an order from Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam for strengthening and augmentation of power supply networks of Lucknow funded by Power Finance Corporation.
The order entails construction of 33 substations of 11 KV each, modernisation of existing substations, 11KV distribution lines, distribution transformer centres, underground cabling, installations of ring main units and electronic meters.
The company has also bagged an order for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 33/ 11 KV power distribution network from West Bengal State Electricty Distribution Company covering the districts of Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Cooch Behar funded by Rural Electrification Corporation under the 12th plan.
The water and renewable energy business won orders with add-ons for Rs 304 crore.
An EPC order from Government of Jharkhand under the Ranchi water supply scheme has been booked for design/construction of a 172 million litres- a-day (MLD) intake well with a pump house, 114 MLD water treatment plant and 217 km of rising mains, distribution pipelines and allied works.
Orders worth Rs 108 crore were received for various jobs by the company's Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business during October.