HCC bags Rs 328.49 crore Rajiv Sagar Lift Irrigation project

New Delhi, June 8 (UNI) Infrastructure development firm Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged Rajiv Sagar Lift Irrigation project from Irrigation and C A D Department of Andhra Pradesh government at the cost of Rs 328.49 crore.

The contract includes design and construction of 75.83 km water transmission system of canals and pipelines linking new and existing seven intermediate tanks. The intake pump house of the project is located near Pamulapally village of Aswapuram Mandal.

The project is estimated to irrigate approximately two lakh acres. The project will be completed in 48 months and the agreement period will commence after completion of forest clearance, investigation, preparation and submission of designs which would take around eight months.

HCC had recently received another irrigation tunnel work of the Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project from the department worth Rs 735.21 crore.

The company is also executing three major projects in the state including Godavari Lift Irrigation - Phase I in joint venture (JV) with KBL and Phase II in a JV with NCC and a 30 km highway of National Highway Authority of India on NH-7 under North-South Corridor on Built-Own-Transfer basis.

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