Reliance Infra bags Rs 1,881 crore worth orders from NHAI

Reliance Infrastructure bagged two road projects worth Rs 1,881 crore from the National Highways Authority of India, the Anil Ambani-led company said.
The orders include six-laning of a 69.5km stretch from Aurangabad to the Bihar-Jharkhand border (Chordaha) on National Highway 2. This order is worth Rs 882 crore and is scheduled to be completed in 24 months.
The other contract, worth Rs 999 crore, is to build a 71.3km stretch of the highway from Chordaha to the Gorhar section in Jharkhand. The work has to be completed in 30 months.
“With these two back-to-back project wins, RInfra EPC order book rises to over Rs 12,300 crore,” the company said.
In another news, RInfra has won a Rs 567-crore order from state-owned NTPC for Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) works at the latter’s 3x500MW power plant in Jhajjar, Haryana. FGD method is used to remove sulfur dioxide from exhaust flue gases of fossil-fuel power plants. RInfra EPC has received the letter of approval (LoA) from NTPC for FGD works of its 3x500MW power plant in Jhajjar. The overall schedule for project is 20 months from the date of LoA for the first unit, with three months additional time each for the two subsequent units.