KEC bags Rs 317cr deal in Afghanistan

KEC International has bagged a Rs 317 crore contract from Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water for the construction of 2X110 KV transmission lines totaling over l00 kms, four sub-stations, and eight power distribution systems of 20 KV each.

The project will be executed in two lots - in the North and Eastern regions of Afghanistan - and will be funded by Asian Development Bank.

"With this win, the total value of orders, under execution in Afghanistan, is over Rs 500 crore. KEC has also just completed two important Asian Development Bank-funded projects there," Ramesh Chandak, managing director, KEC International, said.

The company has also been awarded a Rs 91 crore contract by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam for the supply and construction of 400kv double circuit transmission line, and the project is scheduled to be completed by February 2009.