SME Times News Bureau | 13 Dec, 2011
Infrastructure and engineering giant Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Tuesday said it has secured a Rs.2,164 crore project for road development along a stretch of national highway-8 (NH-8).

"L&T construction has bagged a major order valued at Rs.2,164 crore in the infrastructure segment from GMR Infrastructure," the company said in a regulatory filing at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

According to the filing, the project which is to be executed on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis for the construction of the stretches that include the six laning of Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad highway.

"The highway project is for upgrading the existing four lane section to six lane," the filing said.

The Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahemdabad project has been awarded under the phase-five of the national highways development programme (NHDP) of the national highways authority of India (NHAI).

National highway-8 (NH-8) forms a part of the golden quadrilateral that connects the national capital and Mumbai.