OREANDA-NEWS. L&T Construction has secured new orders valued over '3700 crores across various business segments in March 2013.

The Building & Factories Business has bagged new orders worth '1986 crores for the

construction of residential towers and commercial development across India.

The Power Transmission & Distribution Business has secured new orders worth '1097 crores.

A major order was secured from Punjab State Power Corporation Limited for the execution of R-APDRP (Part B) Project on turnkey basis at Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana city. The scope includes construction of 66/11kV and 33/ 11kV grid substations, 11kV distribution lines, distribution transformer centers, underground cabling, package substations, installation of ring main units and static energy meters.

Another order was received from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited for the construction of a 400 kV pooling station at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

The Solar Business Unit, the largest EPC player in solar power projects sector in India, has won new EPC orders worth '373 crores for the construction of Solar PV Plants in Rajasthan and Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

Additional orders worth '244 crores have been bagged from various ongoing jobs in the Infrastructure and Metallurgical & Material Handling Business.

Larsen & Toubro is a USD 13.5 billion technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate, with global operations. It is ranked 4th in the global list of Green Companies in the industrial sector by the reputed international magazine Newsweek, and ranked the world’s 9th Most Innovative Company by Forbes International. L&T is one of the largest and most respected companies in India’s private sector. A strong, customer-focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business over seven decades.

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