Essar Steel announced that it has bagged an order for the supply of Pipes for one of the most prestigious projects of the Gujarat government, for water management of the Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana on 16 Jun, 2014. Under this programme, the water of Narmada River will be distributed to 115 reservoirs across 7 districts of Saurashtra through 4 linked pipelines benefitting 1,022,589 acres. This project is estimated to cost INR 10,800 crore.
Of the 0.58 MnT of Pipes required for the project, Essar Steel will supply 0.12 MnT of HSAW (Helical Submerged Arc Welding) Pipes, which are 12 metres long and 120 inches in diameter. The order will be executed over a period of 1 year. Essar Steel has an annual production capacity of 0.27 MnT of HSAW Pipes.
Commenting on the recent order, Mr Harjit S Bedi, CEO of Essar Pipe Mill said, “We are very happy to be associated with the SAUNI project of the Gujarat government. It is clearly a reflection of Essar Steel’s integrated capability to produce world-class Pipes in India. We have an excellent track record in supplying water Pipes to many projects in India.”
Essar Steel’s Pipe mill has an annual production capacity of 0.6 MnT of which 0.32 MnT is LSAW Pipes and 0.27 MnT is HSAW Pipes. The plant is backed by a steel plant ensuring quality steel for making Pipes.
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