India’s oldest watchmaker HMT Ltd plans to sell some of its land to be able to part retire its debt. HMT Machine Tools Ltd, one of the five subsidiaries of the holding company, is putting up around 70 acres of premium land in north Bangalore for sale. On 15 March, it issued a tender for appointing property valuers. The land could fetch Rs500-600 crore.

 

The loss-making HMT has a debt of around Rs1,300 crore. The Union government had in 2007 sanctioned a grant of Rs880.8 crore to help revive the firm that was once known as the time keeper of the nation, but the money will come in tranches on meeting certain conditions. The land sale is part of the milestones set in the revival package by the government.

 

HMT land would generate a lot of interest among developers and land buyers because they come with clean titles. HMT and its subsidiaries hold 200 acres in Bangalore and around 1,500 acres across Hyderabad, Pinjore in Haryana and Kalamassery in Kerala. HMT as a group made a loss of Rs351.5 crore on a revenue of Rs367.5 crore in fiscal 2009.

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