L&T Construction bags contract to build 2 units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro has bagged an order from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for construction of two units of the main plant at the Kudankulam nuclear power project, the engineering conglomerate said on Thursday.

L&T did not disclose the exact size of the job but said that it was in the range of Rs 1,000 crore- Rs 2,500 crore. The company will build the unit, five and six, that will house power capacity of 1,000 megawatt electrical (MWe) each.

ET was first to report on December 12 that L&T has emerged as the lowest bidder for the order to build these two units and is slated to bag the job. (Link to the story: Larsen & Toubro slated to win three orders worth Rs 5,500 crore.)


Prior to this, L&T had won the contract to build the civil structure for the third and fourth unit at Kudankulam that are currently under execution.

The Kudankulam nuclear power plant has two operational units and is in the process of building four more, each of capacity 1,000 MWe. The order for the units 5 and 6 are scheduled to be completed in 64 months.