HCC bags EPC order from SSNNL

Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC), India's leading infrastructure construction and development company has been awarded a Rs 345.30 crore worth engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. (SSNNL), a Government of Gujarat undertaking. The project entails construction of a 57 kms of Kutch branch canal (package II) in Gujarat.

Under the contract, HCC's scope of work involves designing and construction canal, services and approach roads and maintenance work for the period of five years from the date of commissioning. According to an official communique the project is scheduled for completion by January 2013. Having built 22 dams in various part of the country, HCC has been involved with water projects across India, six dams of which were built for irrigation projects.

HCC has also built 18 major barrages in India. The barrages at Farakka, West Bengal (2,253 metres long) and Sone, Bihar (1,407 metres long) are the first and fourth longest in the world, respectively. The combined length of all 18 barrages built by HCC is more than 12000 meters. Besides dams and barrages, HCC has expertise in the design and construction of prestressed and reinforced concrete aqueducts.

HCC specialises in large-scale infrastructure development deploying new age construction technologies. The company has managed and executed projects across segments like transportation, hydro and nuclear power generation, marine, irrigation and water supply projects as well as integrated urban development and management.