L&T arm secures over Rs. 7,000-cr order for airport construction.

L&T Construction has secured a contract worth over Rs. 7,000 crore for design and construction of a major airport on EPC basis, the company said in a statement receently.

The company did not disclose the name or location of the airport, neither has it given details on the order value.

The contract bagged by L&T includes works for design, engineering, procurement and construction of the Passenger Terminal Building, a new runway, rehabilitation of a runway, taxiways and aprons, a new elevated eastern cross taxiway, landside roads, utility infrastructure, drainage and modifications for the existing terminal, L&T said.

It added that the project involves baggage handling systems, passenger boarding bridges, airport security systems, visual docking guidance systems, vertical horizontal transportation, airfield ground lighting, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing works. This will increase the existing capacity to 40 Million Passengers Per Annum (40MPPA).

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