Jyoti Engineering has bagged a Rs.541 crore contract to supply high-end metallic volute water pumps for phase-I and phase-II works of Karnataka Neeravari Nigam-owned Upper Bhadra lift irrigation scheme. Jyoti will jointly execute the phase I of the contract with Hyderabad-based SEW Constructions the project, while the next phase will be carried out with Bangalore-based RN Shetty Infrastructure for civil works.

The company is required to supply 28 pumps with 6.6 MW ratings for the project. Jyoti will earn Rs.117 crore and Rs 424 crore, respectively, for phase-I and phase-II works. Under the project, Jyoti will lift 15 TMC water from Tunga and deliver to the Bhadra Reservoir under phase-I and 21.5 TMC from the Bhadra Reservoir to a delivery chamber near Ajjampur under phase-II.  The contract will also include field survey, engineering, design, hydraulic studies, pump manufacturing, erection and commissioning, operating and maintaining the pumps for five years.