GWSSB
facilitates Essar for outstanding performance in Infrastructure
Projects
May 20, 2002
The Gujarat
Water Supply & Sewerage Board (GWSSB) felicitated Essar
for its outstanding performance in Infrastructure Projects
in the State of Gujarat during the year 2001-2002 and for
the timely completion of the water pipeline project.
The
award was presented by Shri. Narendra Modi, Honourable
Chief Minister of Gujarat to Mr. Shashi Ruia, Chairman,
Essar Group of companies. The award was conferred by
Shri. Modi at a function held at Maliya to inaugurate
the 108.5 km water pipeline project on Sunday, May 19.
This
project will provide safe drinking water to 8215 villages
and 135 towns in the districts of Saurashtra, Kutch, North
Gujarat and Panchmanals. Essar completed the three projects
in just under a year and one and a half months ahead of
schedule.
Essar in the
past two-three years have laid 463 kms of water pipelines
worth more than Rs.500 crores and have laid about 150 kms
of the Narmada Canal. Essar recently has diversified into
roads and highways along with UEM, a construction company,
owned by the Govt. of Malaysia. This joint venture company
bagged a Rs.760 crore highway project in Karnataka. This
highway connecting Tumkur to Haveri, a distance of 200
kms, is part of the Hon. Prime Minister Shri. A B Vajpayee's
dream project - the golden quadrilateral, connecting all
the metros of the country.
Reacting to the felicitation
received by Essar, Mr. Shashi Ruia, said, "We are
happy that the state has recognised Essar's contribution
to Gujarat and for successfully commissioning this project
ahead of time. We are definitely honoured by this award
from the state government and I am sure this will motivate
us to do better in the future."
Background
of the water pipeline projects:
Essar was awarded
two major water supply contracts worth Rs.173 cr. (C/NC-6 & C/NC-7)
by the Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board (GWSSB)
in May 2001. Subsequently in September 2001, along with
Engineering Projects India Limited, a GOI undertaking,
bagged a drinking water pipeline contract (C/NC-12) worth
Rs.79.84 cr.
C/NC-6 & C/NC-7
The contract
included construction of sumps, pump houses, electrical
work including two 66 K V sub-stations and supplying, manufacturing
and laying of 60 kms steel pipeline having finished diametre
of 2200mm from Maliya to Morvi and from Morvi to Tankara.
Further, it also involved designing and constructing pumping
stations at Maliya and Morvi along with water sumps having
capacity of 440 Mld and 380 Mld respectively. In these
projects 55,000 tons of steel were consumed.
C/NC-12
The contract
involved fabrication, supply, external concrete coating,
laying and jointing including internal cement mortar lining,
water transmission main from Tankara to Guaridad in Rajkot
district. It also involves construction of two pumping
stations along with the sumps with all civil, mechanical
and instrumentation works. The pipeline will transmit 245
MLD of drinking water drawn from the Tankara sump through
48.5 kms long mild steel pipeline to Aji connecting the
Bhader pipeline. This bulk water transmission pipeline
would benefit rural and urban population of villages of
Rajkot and Jamnagar districts. Both these contracts awarded
by Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage
Board were on an EPC basis.
During the last year, Essar
commissioned five drinking water supply projects in Gujarat
as an EPC contractor. These included Darohi Regional Water
Supply Scheme II & III
in Mehsana District, North Gujarat, Ozat II Water Supply
Scheme in Junagadh district, SPP- 2 in Ahmedabad district
and NC - 1 in Bhavnagar district. These projects involved
laying of about 300 kms of pipeline.
Essar is one
of the leading EPC contractors in the country today, having
executed large industrial projects (projects worth over
Rs.13,000 cr.) like steel plants, a refinery, power plants,
infrastructure projects like construction of canals and
hydraulic structures, cross-country pipelines (water, oil
and gas). Essar is fully-equipped in terms of expert manpower
comprising 500 well-trained engineers and specialised construction
equipment including 150 cranes.
The construction division
of Essar is part of the Rs17,000 cr industrial giant, the
Essar Group. Essar has interests in Steel, Shipping, Power,
Oil and Telecom with a majority of its investments being
in Gujarat. Essar operates a 24,00,000 tonnes per year
steel plant and a 515 MW power plant both at Hazira, near
Surat and is constructing a 1,05,00,000 tonnes a year refinery
in Vadinar.
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