Larsen & Toubro plans to achieve financial closure for the Rs 12,132 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project by March next year. L&T won the Hyderabad Metro project in July amidst stiff competition from Reliance Infrastructure, Lanco Infratech and Essar. It emerged the lowest bidder since the Rs 1,458-crore grant sought was within the viability gap funding sanctioned by the Centre.
The Andhra Pradesh Government will incur expenditure of Rs 1,980 crore towards acquisition of 204 acres (of private land), shifting of utilities, relief and rehabilitation of project-affected people and improvement of alternative roads to allow smooth flow of traffic during construction.
In addition to contributions from the State and Centre, L&T has to arrange for about Rs 8,690 crore though a mix of equity and debt. The Metro is expected to handle 15 lakhs passengers/day in 2014 and 22 lakhs in 2024.
L&T will continue its policy of cashing in on all non-core investments at right time. The company recently reduced its stake in Kalindee Rail Nirman to 11.8 per cent from 14.7 per cent and raised Rs 3.21 crore as a result in the open market.
L&T had invested in Kalindee Rail in 2008 as part of its venture into railway infrastructure equipment, telecommunications network and gauge conversion projects. It earned Rs 71 crore in the second quarter of this fiscal by selling its stake in Satyam Computers.crackcrack
Company Name | CMP |
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Larsen & Toubro | 3630.60 |
Rail Vikas Nigam | 433.00 |
NCC | 287.25 |
KEC International | 1232.00 |
Kalpataru Projects | 1275.40 |
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