Jyoti Ltd, on 17 July 2006, announced that it won an order worth Rs.255 crore from a joint venture of Hindustan Construction Co and Nagarjuna Construction Co for design, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning, operation and maintenance of 14 large pumps for Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme (Phase II) in Andhra Pradesh.

The project envisages lifting of water from Godavari River near Gangaram Village to Bommakur through seven pumping stations, the distance of about 150 km, with total lift of approximately 480m.

The project consists of 14 metallic volute large pumps, two pumps at each pumping station, and allied electro-mechanical works as follows:

• Eight Pumps are of 12.5 MW - 7 cumecs discharge capacity,
• Two Pumps are of 4 MW - 4.2 cumecs discharge capacity
• Four pumps are of 3.5 MW - 2.5 cumecs to 3.0 cumecs discharge capacities.

The project envisions supply of 1,210 MLD water and is scheduled for completion by September 2007

The company has also entered into technical collaboration with reputed engineering companies from Czech Republic and formed a consortium for executing the proposed project as well as future large irrigation projects:

• SIGMA Group-  for Large Pumps up to 5 MW.

• CKD Blansko Engineering - for Pumps and Pump Turbines up to 30 MW.

• CKD Nove Energo - for Large Rating Induction & Synchronous Motors up to 30 MW.

Note: A consortium of Hindustan Construction Co and Nagarjuna Construction Co in May 2005 had bagged the Rs.1,887 crore EPC contract from the Andhra Pradesh state government to execute the Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme (Phase II). HCC has a 51 per cent stake in the joint venture and its share in the total contract value is Rs.962.37 crore.

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