Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged a Rs 1,245 contract for the construction of a dam package in Bhutan.
L&T has won the order through a competitive bidding process. WAPCOS is the engineering and design consultant for the project.
The project is being set up by Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project Authority, which has been constituted through an agreement between the Union Government and the Royal Government of Bhutan. The dam is located across Punatsangchhu river, about 80 km from Bhutan’s capital Thimpu.
The project is being set up by the Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project Authority, which is been constituted through an agreement between the Government of India and the Royal Government of Bhutan.
To be executed in 66 months, the scope of work involves construction of the diversion tunnel, dam, intake and desilting arrangement including hydro-mechanical works.
This is the first of a series of 10 hydropower projects jointly identified by the governments of India and Bhutan and to be implemented for a total installed capacity of 11,576 MW by 2020.
For L&T, this is the second hydroelectric power project in Bhutan - the first one being the 1020 MW Tala Hydroelectric Project.
