BS Limited bags Rs 250 cr order for constructing transmission line

BS Limited, the Hyderabad-based EPC and turnkey services provider in the power transmission & distribution sector, has won an EPC contract for construction of 765 KV double circuit transmission line between Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Wardha (Maharashtra). The value of the order is Rs 250 crore and the near 178 km line project is to be completed within the next 12 months.
 
The scope of work for BS Limited comprises survey, foundations, erections, earthing and stringing of lines, including supply of tower and related accessories.
 
BS Limited has a tower manufacturing facility with an installed capacity of 2,40,000 tonne a year and a backward integrated structural steel mill with an installed capacity of 1,20,000 tonne a year located near Hyderabad.
 
Rajesh Agarwal, chairman & managing director, BS Limited, said, “EPC in power transmission & distribution offers a great opportunity going forward as government is focused to remove the bottlenecks by laying infrastructure so that India becomes power surplus till 2019. This order of Rs 250 crore shows our strength in EPC and we look forward to participate in upcoming bids as well.”