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Mumbai, May 20 (UNI) Larsen&Toubro Limited (L&T) has bagged four EPC electrical project orders worth Rs 635 crore from UAE and Oman.

The projects will be executed by the Electrical Projects and Gulf Operations Vertical of L&T's Construction Division.

Two of these orders valued at Rs 521 crore were secured from Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), and involves supply and construction of five 33/11kV GIS substations and 33 kV cabling works, a L&T release said.

Out of five substations, three 33/11 kV GIS substations with 151 km of 33 kV cabling works will be carried out at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) and the other two 33/11 kV GIS substations and associated 33 kV cabling works will be established at the Western Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate (Gayathy and Madinat Zayed).

All the five substation projects with associated cabling will be executed in a stringent time frame of 18 months. L&T is already executing eleven 33/11 kV substations and two 132 kV substation in Abu Dhabi, and the new order reinforces its strong presence in this business in the UAE.

Apart from this, L&T's subsidiary, L&T (Oman) LLC at Muscat has bagged two orders valued at Rs 114 crore. While one order is from Oman Electricity and Transmission Company for construction of 132 kVgrid substation and associated transmission lines at Saham area of Oman, the other order was received from Muscat Electricity Distribution Company for 33/11 kV substation at the Mabella Region of Oman.

Both the projects are to be completed in within a period of 10-13 months. The scope of the work includes design, procurement, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of GIS, power transformers, protection systems and associated civil works, the release added.

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