Close on the heels of bagging over Rs. 5,000 crore contracts from the ONGC, the Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has in a recent development also secured a Rs. 2,000 crore order from GMR Energy for setting up a 2x384 mw gas-based power plant at Vemagiri near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. The contract includes design, detailed engineering supply, installation and commissioning of the plant on the turnkey basis.

The L&T-Sargent and Lundy, a subsidiary of L&T, will carry out the plant integration and detailed engineering using the propriety technology of Sargent and Lundy of the US. The company will design and manufacture critical equipment such as heat recovery steam generators, condensers, cooling towers, switchgears and valves. The plant will have advanced class gas turbines and high efficiency steam turbines, which will be procured by L&T. In addition to this, the construction, installation, commissioning and project management will also be done by the company. The project is scheduled for completion in the 11th plan period. The construction giant has set up a similar plant of 388.5 mw for GMR at the same location in 2006.

The L&T spokesperson in a statement said that with the current contract the company has received orders for over Rs. 7,000 crore in the last two months for power equipment. While in August it was awarded a contract by the Jaypee Group for supplying super critical equipment for the JP Nigrie Super Thermal Power Project worth over Rs. 4,000 crore. The short term contracts look equally attractive for the company with more orders expected to come in especially with the buoyancy in the power equipment business.

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