KEC International, a Mumbai-based leading power transmission equipment company, has bagged a contract worth Rs 56.87 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for supply and construction of 400 KV double circuit transmission lines in Ranchi — Rourkela segment; and another order worth Rs 40.66 crore to execute a 132 KV transmission line in North Bihar on a turnkey basis.The first order is to be executed in the states of Jharkhand and Orissa and the job involves supply of towers, line materials, erection and commissioning. The length of the line is 141 kilometer and the project is scheduled to be completed by November 2009, according to a company release issued to the stock exchanges.The second contract from Powergrid is for supply and construction of 132 KV single circuit and double circuit transmission line in North Bihar . The line is associated with Phase -II project of Bihar sub-transmission system. The job involves supply of towers, conductor, insulator, other line materials, erection and commissioning. The length of the line is 150 kilometre and the project is scheduled to be completed by July 2009.
Source: Business Standard
1st February, 2008