Patel Engineering in a joint venture has been declared lowest bidder for an urban infrastructure development project of RS 1,275.30 crore from Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam of Madhya Pradesh Undertaking has declared a Mumbai based infrastructure company, Patel Engineering Ltd (“Company” or “PEL”) as L1 in a Joint Venture for Rs 1,275.30 crore contract for the works involving Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing, Commissioning, Trial Run and Operation and Maintenance for 10 years of Narmada-Gambhir, District Ujjain and Indore Multi-Village Drinking Water Supply Scheme in a Single Package on ‘Turn-key Job Basis’. The project is to be completed in a period of 24 months and further operations and maintenance for the whole scheme to be carried out for a period of 10 years. The said project is located in Ujjain and Indore, Madhya Pradesh and the project is to be executed in a Joint Venture, of which PEL’s share is 35 per cent, i.e. Rs 446.36 crore.
Rupen Patel, Chairman and Managing Director, Patel Engineering Ltd said, “The Narmada-Gambhir Drinking Water Supply Project would help in solving the shortage of water supply in various villages in the districts of Ujjain and Indore. The project comprises of various activities including construction of intake well cum pump house, construction of RCC approach bridge, laying of water pipelines, construction of water treatment plant, construction of RCC overhead service reservoirs at different villages, more than 50,000 house service connections as well as Design, Supply, Delivery, Erection, Testing, and Commissioning of Automation Components for Monitoring and Maintenance with GPRS Communication with all necessary accessories (SCADA) etc. We are thrilled to be part of this project in providing water supply to several households in the State of Madhya Pradesh.”