L&T Construction has secured new order totalling Rs 1,401 crore in various business segments spread across India and overseas in January 2013.
The power transmission and distribution business has bagged orders worth Rs 605 crore from domestic and international clients, the company said in an announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. This includes a major EPC order from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited for the extension of 765 kv substations at Dharmjayagarh, Jabalpur, Bina, Indore and Aurangabad. The order also involves expansion of 400 KV substations at Dharmjayagarh, Bachau, Boisar and Varsana.
L&T Construction has received another order for extending the 765 kv substation at Meerut, Jhatikara, Balia and the 400 kv substations at Dheradun, Kota and Kanpur.
On the international front the company has bagged a new order for design and construction of special airport systems at West Asia.
In the Transportation Infrastructure business the company received a Rs 320 crore order for construction of runway, taxiway, apron, passenger terminal building, air traffic control tower and other associated civil works in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.
The Defence segment of L&T construction has won a contract of Rs 476 crore for designing and constructing infrastructure facilities at an airbase in Uttar Pradesh.
Shares of L&T were trading at Rs 1,554, down 0.64% on the BSE.