Larsen & Toubro Gets 'Significant' Orders for Rajasthan Water Projects

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. said its water and effluent treatment business has secured 'significant' orders—worth ₹10.00–25.00 billion—from the Public Health Engineering Department of Rajasthan.

The main contract involves engineering, procurement and construction for the rural water supply and fluorosis mitigation project in Phase II, Package 1. The work includes laying 5,251 km of pipelines, building 38 ground-level reservoirs with 40 million litres capacity, 20 pump houses and 132 overhead service reservoirs with 25 million litres capacity.

It also won a project to rehabilitate the water system in the Kekri–Sarwar sector of Ajmer district, involving 43 km of transmission pipelines.

Both projects will include electromechanical systems, automation, and 10 years of operations and maintenance, in addition to a one-year defects liability period.