Larsen & Toubro bags water infra contracts worth Rs 1,000–2,500 crore from Rajasthan govt

Synopsis
Larsen & Toubro has secured significant orders from the Rajasthan government for water supply projects. The projects, awarded to L&T's water and effluent treatment business, involve rural water supply and fluorosis mitigation in Jhunjhunu district, along with strengthening the water supply system in Ajmer district. These initiatives aim to improve water access for numerous villages and towns.
The projects have been bagged by the water and effluent treatment business vertical of L&T from the public health engineering department of Rajasthan, L&T said in a filing to BSE.
The company said it has "won an EPC order for the Rajasthan Rural Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project' Phase II, Package-1".
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The scope of the project encompasses "supply and installation of 5,251-km transmission and distribution pipelines, construction of 38 ground level reservoirs with an aggregate capacity of 40 ML, 20 pump houses and 132 overhead service reservoirs with an aggregate capacity of 25 ML", it said.
Another project pertains to strengthening and rehabilitation of the water supply system on the Kekri-Sarwar sector in Ajmer district. The scope of the project includes the supply and installation of 43-km transmission pipelines.
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