OREANDA-NEWS. L&T Construction has won new orders worth ' 1793 crores across various business segments in July, August and September 2013.

The Metallurgical and Material Handling Business, a leading player in the sector has bagged new orders worth ' 550 crores. The business secured a major order from Northern Coal Fields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, for engineering, procurement and construction of a coal handling package at Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The segment also received another order for supply and erection of 700-litre bucket wheel excavators from the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited. Additional orders from various existing jobs have also been received.

The Power Transmission & Distribution Business has secured new orders worth ' 118 crores from Power Grid Corporation of India. The orders have been received for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of tower package for 400 KV S/C & D/C transmission line at Kurnool and Nagapattinam under the transmission system associated with Krishnapatnam Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP)-Part C1 and design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 400 KV Nagapattinam GIS Pooling station (upgradeable to 765KV) under the common transmission system associated with Inter State Generator Station projects(ISGS) in Nagapattinam and Cuddalore areas of Tamil Nadu.

Additional orders worth '1125 crores have also been received from various ongoing projects of Heavy Civil Infrastructure and Water & Renewable Energy Businesses.