Here is an ongoing chronicle of orders bagged and contracts received by Indian companies during September-October 2005. Both domestic and overseas contracts, in which at least one of the parties -- awarder or awardee -- is of Indian origin, are considered. A domestic (or overseas) contract is respectively one executed in India (or abroad), regardless of whether the Indian company has bagged or given the order. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order)

(Archives: Oct-Dec 2004, Jan-Mar 2005, Apr-May 2005, Jun-Aug 2005) 

A. Domestic Contracts

28 Oct 2005

• Larsen & Toubro has bagged new orders worth over Rs.1,100 crore, mainly from National Highways Authority of India (more...)

26 Oct 2005

• GMR Infrastructure has bagged three road projects worth Rs.1,500 crore from National Highways Authority of India, to be developed  on BOT basis (more...)

• Praj Industries won a Rs.15 crore contract from Balrampur Chini Mills for setting up a greenfield distillery associated with a sugar mill in Uttar Pradesh. Praj also won a series of overseas orders (more...)

25 Oct 05

• Subhash Projects & Marketing Ltd has bagged the order for four lift irrigation schemes worth Rs.157.3 crore from Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd. The four orders are: Sri. Ramaeshwara (Rs.86.4 crore), Ubrani-Amruthapur (Rs.27.8 crore),  Singataur-Magala (Rs.17.4 crore) and Sri Benninall (Rs.25.5 crore)

21 Oct 2005

• Thermax (cogen division) won a Rs.55 crore contract for setting up an 18 MW coal-based captive thermal power plant for a leading cement manufacturer. Thermax, in its official communication, did not disclose the party's name. [Addendum on 6 December 2005: ProjectsToday conjectures that the order pertained to Madras Cements' Jayanthipuram plant in Andhra Pradesh.]

• Sunil Hi-Tech Engineers bagged an order worth Rs.11.04 crore for fabrication and erection of structural steel for a power house mill and bunker for Reliance Energy's 300 MW Yamunagar power project in Haryana.

20 Oct 2005

• JMC Projects India in consortium with Infracon bagged a contract from National Highways Authority of India for four-laning of Trichy-Madhurai road and widening the 61-km Trichy-Torarpurchi route at a cost of Rs.205 crore and the 65-km Torarpurchi-Madhurai route at a cost of Rs.215 crore.

18 Oct 2005

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged a contract worth Rs.68 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for a 400 kV Switching Substation at Balia and extension of 400 kV Mau Substation of UP Power Corporation Ltd, associated with Kahalgaon Stage II, Phase I Transmission System. (more...)

14 Oct 2005

• National Highways Authority of India signed three BOT contracts worth Rs.1,000 crore with three separate consortia for highway development projects in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. (more...)

14 Oct 2005

• Bharat Heavy Electricals won a Rs.82 crore order for supplying transformers to Jindal Stainless for its 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant coming up in Orissa. The supply order will be completed in eight months.

13 Oct 2005

• Kalpataru Power Transmission bagged its first pipeline contract for Bharat Petroleum Corporation's 53-km feeder pipeline project (more...)

11 Oct 2005

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects won two highway development contracts worth Rs.850 crore from National Highways Authority of India (more...)

06 Oct 2005

• Ion Exchange bagged an order worth Rs.90 crore from Chennai Petroleum Corporation for sea water desalination which involves civil work, high tension electrical system, mechanical and electrical work and automation of plant.

• Alfa Laval (India) won a Rs.5 crore order for setting up a 40 klpd distillery for Octaga Green Power & Sugar Co (more...)

• MSK Projects (India) bagged two orders together valued at Rs.33.25 crore. The first order of Rs.12.15 crore was for execution of civil and structural work for off-sites for the green fuel emission control for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation's Mumbai refinery project. The second order of Rs.21.10 crore is for development of the Kim-Mandvi Road project on BOT basis, with a concession period of 20 years.

05 Oct 2005

• Patel Engineering bagged two orders valued at Rs.374 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Assam. (more...)

• Gujarat-based Elecon Engineering won a contract worth Rs.26.42 crore for design, engineering, manufacture and supply of wagon tippler equipment and conveyor system for Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGenco)'s Rayalaseema thermal power project in Andhra Pradesh. Elecon will complete the project by November 2006 on a turnkey basis, including associated electrical  and civil works.

02 Oct 2005

• KEC International received a new order worth Rs.82 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India. The scope of work includes supply and construction of a 167-km long 400kv double circuit transmission line from Jalod to Dehgam in Gujarat, to be executed by July 2007.

• PSL has won an order (value unknown) from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for coating the Delhi-Mundra pipeline project. PSL had won an order in June 2005 for the same project (more...)

30 Sep 2005

• Ircon International in joint venture with Soma Enterprises has won a Rs.556 crore contract to develop the  Pimpalgaon-Dhule highway section on NH-3 on BOT basis. The section is part of National Highways Authority of India's NHDP (III) project. (more...)

28 Sep 2005

• Thermax bagged an order worth Rs.96 crore from a pipe-manufacturing company for setting up a 43 MW coal-based captive power plant on fast-track basis. (Details awaited.)

27 Sep 2005

• Elgi Equipments secured two orders worth Rs.3.2 crore for the supply of centrifugal air compressors. The details are as follows:

Company	Project Location	Value (Rs.crore)	Order Completion
JSW Steel	Sinter Plant, Bellary, KAR	1.7	Dec-05
Viswesvariya Steel Plant, SAIL	Bhadravati, KAR	1.5	Feb-06

26 Sep 2005

• Subhash Projects & Marketing bagged several rural electrification contracts worth Rs.363 crore from Central and state government agencies. (more...).

24 Sep 2005

• UB Engineering bagged a turnkey rural electrification contract from Paschimachal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam. The order is valued at Rs.88 crore. (details awaited).

• Hindustan Construction Co was awarded contracts valued at over Rs.1,000 crore for two power projects of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (more...)

23 Sep 2005

• Simplex Concrete Piles bagged a Rs.260 crore order from National Highways Authority of India for four-laning of a 41 km stretch on the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project on NH-28 in Uttar Pradesh. The package has been officially designated as LMNHP-EW-II-(WB-8)- 8.

20 Sep 2005

• Nagarjuna Construction Co has bagged a Rs.253 crore order from National Highways Authority of India for construction of the Lucknow-Muzaffarpur highway project on NH-28 on joint venture basis. (Addendum on 18 October 2005: The joint venture partner is Maytas Infrastructure Ltd.)

• Patel Engineering bagged two orders worth Rs.450 crore including a Rs.338 crore order for an irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh. (more...)

• Voltas won two orders valued at nearly Rs.500 crore, including one pertaining to the Burj Tower, the world's tallest building coming up in Dubai. The other order concerns the upcoming international airport at Hyderabad. (more...)

• Larsen & Toubro was awarded a fast-track order, valued at Rs.325 crore, relating to the restoration of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation's Mumbai High (North) platform that was destroyed in a major fire on 26 July 2005. (more...)

19 Sep 2005

• MSK Projects India has received orders worth Rs.9.56 crore for civil works associated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation's Mumbai-Manmad-Mangalya product pipeline.

13 Sep 2005

• National Highways Authority of India has awarded contracts to various parties for highway projects in north India and Maharashtra (more...)

2 Sep 2005

• A consortium led by Nagarjuna Construction Co  has won a Rs.177 crore order from Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board for setting up a water treatment plant at Kondandapur (more...)

1 Sep 2005

• Nagarjuna Construction Co  has won two orders worth Rs.108 crore. The first order is from Ircon International for construction of flyovers in Patna, valued at Rs.89 crore and the other is a Rs.19 crore contract from Sandoz Pvt Ltd for construction of manufacturing facilities at Mumbai.

B. Overseas Contracts

29 Oct 2005

• Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren won a $84 million (Rs.360 crore) order from PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, Indonesia's state controlled gas regulator, for the supply of coated pipes. The pipes will be used to connect Labuhan Maringgai in Lampung province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra with Muara Bekasi area in West Java province. The 168.6 km long underwater pipeline will have a diameter of 32".

14 Oct 2005

• FFE Minerals India Pvt Ltd won a Rs.120 crore order from Kuwait-based Petroleum Coke Industries Co to develop a 3.5 lakh tpa coke calciner project in Kuwait (more...)

13 Oct 2005

• Siemens Ltd and its German parent Siemens AG have together won a turnkey export order worth Rs.1,570 crore from Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation for the development of a power transmission network in Qatar. The share Siemens in the order is Rs.1,390 crore. The scope of work covers setting up of new 16 high voltage substations and laying of 600 km of high voltage cables. The order is to be executed within 22 months.

• Kalpataru Power Transmission won two orders from Sonelgaz of Algeria for power transmission projects (more...)

04 Oct 2005

• KEC International announced that it won two orders together worth $36 million from the Ministry of Energy & Water, Afghanistan. The order is to construct 220 kv double circuit transmission line from Hairatan to Naibabad (via Mazar-i-Sharif) over a distance of 16km and from Naibabad to Pul-e-Khumri that would be 165 km.

04 Oct 2005

• Welspun Gujarat Stahl-Rohren received an overseas order worth Rs.500 crore from Indonesia's PGN for supply of coated pipelines (more...)

29 Sep 2005

• KEC International was awarded contracts worth Rs.102 crore for supply and construction of a 400 kv single circuit transmission line of over 100 km -- from Salah Bey to Bir Ghbalou -- in Algeria. GRTE Spa, the power transmission division of Algerian power utility company, Sonelgaz, placed the order that has to be completed over the next 15 months. 

28 Sep 2005

• IFSL entered into an MoU with Fahlke Control Systems GmbH (Germany) for jointly executing a 1000 tpd municipal solid waste-to-energy project in Canada. IFSL's share in the project is valued at $37 million (Rs.160 crore.)

27 Sep 2005

• Larsen & Toubro's Oman outfit bagged a Rs.165 crore order for transmission lines upgrade from Petroleum Development Oman LLC (more...)

22 Sep 2005

• Larsen & Toubro bagged several export orders worth Rs.430 crore for project plants and equipment (more...)

• PSL announced that it bagged an overseas order worth $55.5 million (approx Rs.240 crore) to supply pipelines to Qatar government's Dolphin Pipeline Project.

15 Sep 2005

• Praj Industries bagged an order for constructing a bio-ethanol plant in Turkey (more...)

1 Sep 2005

• KEC International bagged orders worth Rs.150 crore relating to power transmission projects from Algeria and Afghanistan. Algerian utility company Sonelgaz has placed an order worth Rs.125 crore for supply and construction of 400 KV single circuit transmission line over 120 km from El Affroun to Si Mustapha. This project would be executed over the next 15 months. The second order is from the Ministry of Energy & Water, Government of Afghanistan, has placed an order worth Rs.25 crore, for reconstruction of 110 KV transmission line from Kabul to Naglu power plant, located 90 km east of Kabul.