L&T Construction secures orders worth Rs 2,542 cr

L&T Construction has won orders valued at over Rs 2,542 crore during the months of April and May

L&T Construction has won orders valued at over Rs.2542 crore during the months of April and May.

The Building and Factory segment had the biggest piece of the pie, with orders worth Rs 1,021 crore. This included orders for construction of residential towers, a cement plant and a factory, according to an exchange update.

The Heavy Civil Infrastructure Business also secured orders, this time worth Rs 866 crore for the Kochi Metro Rail Project. The Transportation Infrastructure Business secured an order worth Rs 315 crore. The order was for the design and construction of electrification, signaling, telecommunication and associated works for a double track railway line between Karwandiya to Durgauti section of the eastern corridor.

The Water & Renewable Energy Business has secured EPC(Engineering, Procurement  and Construction) orders worth Rs 148 crore from the Public Health Engineering Department, Rajasthan for a water supply system to 97 villages.

Additional orders have been received for Rs 192 crore, under the power transmission and distribution business.

Larsen and Toubro was up 0.88%, compared to a 0.11% rise in the Sensex, and trading at Rs 1,594.3 at the time of writing.

Besides construction, Larsen and Toubro is involved in the technology, manufacturing and financial services segments.