Essar Steel to supply pipes for Gujarat government's water management project

KOLKATA: Essar Steel has bagged an order for supply of pipes to the Gujarat government's ambitious Rs 10,800-crore water management project, Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana. Under the programme, Narmada water will be distributed to 115 reservoirs across seven districts of Saurashtra through four link pipelines benefitting 10.22 lakh acres.

Of the 5.86 lakh tonnes of pipes required for the project, Essar Steel will supply 1.2 lakh tonnes of HSAW (Helical Submerged Arc Welding) pipes, which are 12-m long and 120 inches in diameter. The order will be executed over a period of one year.

Commenting on the recent order Harjit S Bedi, CEO, Essar Pipe Mill said: "We are very happy to be associated with the SAUNI project. It is clearly a reflection of Essar Steel's integrated capability to produce world-class pipes in India."

Incidentally, Essar Steel's pipe mill has an annual production capacity of 0.6 million tonne of which, 3.25 lakh tonne is LSAW pipes and 2.75 lakh tonne is HSAW pipes backed by a steel plant that ensures supply of quality steel for making pipes.