L&T Bags Rs. 1126 Crore Orders for Metallurgical, Material Handling & Water Sector Projects

Mumbai, March 30, 2010: Larsen & Toubro's (L&T) Metallurgical, Material Handling & Water Operating Company -a part of its Construction Division-has secured orders aggregating Rs. 1126 crore from various customers like M/s. Sterlite
Industries India Limited, M/s. Hindalco Industries Limited, M/s. TATA Steel Limited, M/s. Delhi Jal Board and M/s. Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam Limited.

Metallurgical Sector

Larsen & Toubro has secured an order valued at Rs. 300 crore from M/s. Sterlite Industries India Limited (a group company of Vedanta Resources) for the construction of 400,000 TPA Copper Smelter Plant at Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu. The scope
involves Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection, Civil & Structural work for the
Smelter & Refinery areas. The project is to be executed in 15 months.L&T has also secured orders worth Rs. 210 crore from M/s. Hindalco Industries
Limited for the Pot Superstructure and Auxiliary Facilities for their Aluminium
Smelter and Refinery Project. The scope includes fabrication of Pot Superstructures
and Flash Vessels. The project is to be executed in 21 months.

In yet another development L&T has bagged an order worth Rs. 100 crore from M/s.
TATA Steel Limited for the installation of PCI units at Jamshedpur. The scope
involves Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection, Civil & Structural work for Grinding
& Drying System for Pulverised Coal Injection in 'H' & 'I' Blast Furnaces. The
project is to be executed in 24 months.

Material Handling Sector

In the area of material handling L&T has received an order worth Rs. 182 crore from
Tata Steel Limited for Raw Material Handling System Package-II at Jamshedpur for
Sinter, Coke, and Coal (partly) including Wagon Tippler, Side Arm Charger, Stacker
Reclaimer on EPC basis. The project completion schedule is November 2011.

Water Sector

In addition, L&T has secured an order worth Rs. 231 crore from UP Jal Nigam
Limited for the city of Varanasi. The scope of work includes Design and Execution of
Storm Water Drainage system consisting of RCC pipes and open drains of approx. 80
km, construction of water receiving bodies including Rain Water Harvesting and
Rehabilitation Works. The contract period is 18 months.

Delhi Jal Board has placed an EPC order for Rs. 103 crore for supplying 120 Million
Gallons per Day (MGD) water from Wazirabad Water Works to Chandrawal Water
Works by twin raw water main of MS pipes 1900 mm / 1800 mm diameter including
upgradation of raw water pumping station and ancillary works. The Project is to be
executed in 14 months.