KEC secures orders worth Rs 291cr

MUMBAI: KEC International said on Thursday that it has secured orders worth Rs 291 crore from Power Grid of India for setting up transmission lines in Madhya Pradesh and Assam.

The first order is for the supply and construction of 765 kv Satna-Bina line and another 400 kv line at Bina associated with ATS for the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh.

The second project includes two 400 kv and one 132 kv transmission lines between Balipara-Biswanath and Depota-Gohpur in Assam. Both the projects has to be completed by November 2011, KEC said in a statement to the stock exchanges.

In the last two months the company had bagged domestic orders worh Rs 1,200 crore from PGCIL, RGGVY and Railways.
At 1:15 pm the shares of KEC were trading 1% higher at Rs 137 on the BSE.