Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies during December 2008. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

30 Dec 08

• Tantia Constructions bagged a project worth Rs.42.33 crore for upgradation and strengthening projects of Aizawl Civil Hospital and Champhai Civil Hospital in Mizoram.

29 Dec 08

• MSPL Gases, Karnataka, bagged a contract from Indian Railways to set up 650 cum per hour Air Separation Plant at Rail Wheel Factory at Yelahanka in Bangalore on BOOT basis. (more...)

27 Dec 08

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.5,040 crore from Jindal Power to set up a 2,400 MW power plant in Chhattisgarh. (more...) (project details)
   

• Simplex Projects has bagged a contract worth Rs.75 crore from New Delhi Municipal Corporation to carry out major renovation and improvement work of 'Talkatora Indoor' stadium in New Delhi. (more...) (project details)

26 Dec 08

• Reliance Infrastructure bagged a Rs.2,676 crore order for construction of 135 km greenfield Eastern Peripheral Expressway from National Highway Authority of India. (more...) (project details)

24 Dec 08

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.2,100 crore from NTPC for the supply and installation of he main plant equipment for Mauda Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) in Maharashtra. (more...) (project details)
   

• Samsung Engineering in consortium with Linde has bagged an order worth Rs.7,050 crore from ONGC Petro-additions (OPaL), a SPV floated by ONGC and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) for setting up an ethylene plant in India. (more...) (project details)

23 Dec 08

• Petron Civil Engineering a subsidiary of Kazstroyservice, UK, bagged an order worth Rs.352 crore from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation-Mittal Energy JV for the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery Project at Bathinda in Punjab. (more...) (project details)
   

• Era Infra Engineering bagged a contract worth Rs.9.62 crore for erection, testing, commissioning, trial run, and handling over, PG test etc. of balance work of 1X500 MW unit No.VII boiler at Kahalgaon TPS, Bhagalpur, Bihar. (project details)
   

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.304 crore from Municipal Corporation of Delhi for development of parking facility near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games-2010.

22 Dec 08

• Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged an order worth Rs.1,175 crore from Bina Power Company for setting up a 500 MW thermal power plant at Bina in Madhya Pradesh. (more...) (project details)

19 Dec 08

• C&C Constructions in JV with BSCPL Infrastructure has bagged an order worth Rs.781 crore for a dedicated freight corridor from New Karwadiya to New Ganj Khwaja in Bihar. (more news...) (project details)

18 Dec 08

• McNally Bharat Engineering bagged two orders worth Rs.244 crore from Vedanta Group for two of its mining plants. The first order is for 1.5 million tpa capacity lead zinc beneficiation plant for Rampura Agucha Mines in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. The second order is one aluminium handling package at Lanjigarh in Orissa.

17 Dec 08

• Patel Engineering, in consortium with BHEL and Navyuga Construction bagged a irrigation project worth Rs.3,859 crore in Pranahita, Chevella lift irrigation-package 6 from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.  (more...) (project details)

• Elecon Engineering Company bagged an order worth Rs.120 crore from Mundra Port and SEZ of Adani Group for design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of Material Handling System for West Port, Mundra.

• J Kumar Infraprojects bagged an order worth Rs.12 crore from Essar Constructions (India) for piling works for 2x600 MW power projects of Essar Power M.P at Mahan in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh.  (project details)

16 Dec 08

• L&T bagged three orders amounting to Rs.1,372 crore from Vedanta Aluminium, Utkal Alumina International and Bhushan Steel. (more...)
   

• IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects' Buildings and Industrial Structure (B & IS) Division has bagged four orders to the tune of Rs.746.26 crore from AP Cine Workers Co-operative Housing Society, Hyderabad, City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra, Government of Puducherry and West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation. (more...)
   

• Reliance Infrastructure bagged an order worth Rs.180 crore from Haryana Government for road construction related works. (more...)

15 Dec 08

• McNally Bharat Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.86.66 crore from Essar Constructions (India), Mumbai for supply of the material for their different plants. (project details)

09 Dec 08

• Maytas Infra, Hyderabad in consortium with Larsen & Toubro and Kirloskar Brothers bagged an order worth Rs.169.5 crore from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for the Godavari Drinking Water Supply Scheme. (more...) (project details)

08 Dec 08

• Kalpataru Power Transmission in consortium with JSC-Zangas bagged a contract worth Rs.240 crore from GAIL (India) for GAIL's Section B of 48-inch diameter Vijaypur-Dadri high pressure gas pipeline project. (project details)
   

• J Kumar Infraprojects bagged an order worth Rs.559.40 crore from Mumbai Metropolitan Regulatory Development Authority and the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation to build 16 skywalks in Mumbai.

04 Dec 08

• Timken Company bagged an order worth $16 million (approx Rs.80 crore) to supply Timken AP Class E bearings for use on Indian Railway's passenger and freight trains.
   

• Maytas Infra bagged four orders worth Rs.222.25 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for Rural Electrification works under Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidutikaran Yojna (RGGVY). The scope of work involves design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning in Khurda and Sundergarh districts of Orissa, and West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The company will be executing these projects on a turnkey basis. (more...)

03 Dec 08

• Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company (Jusco) bagged Rs.152 crore water management contract for Mysore city from Mysore City Corporation and Karnataka Urban Water Supply & Drainage Board. (more...) (project details)
   

• Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Co, China bagged a contract worth Rs.306 crore from Bharat Coking Coal to redevelop Moonidih colliery in Jharkhand. The scope of work includes the supply, installation, commissioning, operations, maintenance and spares management of the necessary machinery and equipment for the colliery.

02 Dec 08

• Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers bagged two orders worth Rs.107.65 crore for various works.

1.   The first order is from Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) worth Rs.99.99 crore for track work for Delhi Airport Express line. (project details)
2.   The second order is worth Rs.7.66 crore from Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL), Delhi.

01 Dec 08

• Nagarjuna Construction Company bagged six orders worth Rs.484 crore for various construction works. (more...)

B. Overseas Contracts

29 Dec 08

• KEC International bagged an order worth Rs.636 crore from Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for the design, supply and construction of circuit lines. (more news...)

19 Dec 08

• KEC International bagged an order worth Rs.88 crore from Barki Tojik for the supply and construction of 220 Kv double circuit lines associated with the Tajikistan-Afghanistan interconnection project. (more news...)

05 Dec 08

• Sembawang Engineers a wholly-owned subsidiary of Punj Lloyd Group from Hamidjojo Development Sdn Bhd, Brunei bagged a contract worth $250 million (approx Rs.1,250 crore) to build a thin-film solar module manufacturing plant in Brunei.

04 Dec 08

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged a contract worth Rs.2,000 crore from Sultanate of Oman to erect and commission a series of 126 mega watt gas turbine generators for the power projects planned by the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). (more...)