The April-June quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21 (Q1FY21) is likely to be one of the weakest quarters for the Engineering & Capital Goods (ECG) companies as the Covid-19-induced lockdown triggered demand and supply disruptions, contract labour shortage and paucity of liquidity, that stalled project execution. Order inflows during the period, analysts say, were impacted by a delay in tendering/awarding projects while crude oil price crash would have impacted orders in hydrocarbon space of the companies.
Given this backdrop, the engineering and construction major, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), is also expected to report a dismal performance for the quarter ended

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