L&T Construction gets Rs 1,009 crore order

NEW DELHI: Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) today said its construction division has secured orders worth Rs 1,009 crore in little over one-and-a-half months.

"L&T Construction has secured new orders valued over Rs 1,009 crore in the month of November and till date in December 2012," it said in a release.

The building and factories business of L&T Construction has got Rs 852 crore orders for the design and construction of a major IT campus in the National Capital Region, New Delhi.

The vertical has also received orders for construction of multi-storied residential towers in Bengaluru from major clients.

L&T, however, neither disclose the identity of the clients nor the value of the order received.

The metallurgical and minerals handling business of L&T Construction has, in consortium with LUET China, bagged a Rs 206 crore order from Steel Authority of India for rebuilding and construction of a coke oven battery at Durgapur Steel Plant, it said.

"L&T's share of the order is Rs 157 crore," it said.