The water and effluent treatment business of L&T Construction has bagged an orders from the Government of Madhya Pradesh to execute two lift irrigation projects to irrigate 2.05 lakh ha of culturable command area covering more than five hundred villages of Dewas and Dhar districts in the state of Madhya Pradesh on a turnkey basis.

The scope includes survey, design, engineering, procurement, construction of pump houses, laying of rising and gravity mains, distribution network and SCADA for controlling and regulating the entire system.

The micro irrigation projects will lift 60 cumecs of water from the Narmada River to irrigate the farmlands, benefitting 3 lakh farmers in the process. The state-of-the-art automation system with field instruments and automated valves will ensure round the clock supply of water during the Rabi season.