Mumbai, Feb 22(UNI) Infrastructure Major, Reliance Infrastructure

Limited has won a prestigious engineering, procurement and

construction (EPC) contract for Rs. 3,647 crore from Tamil Nadu

Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) for

balance of plant (BoP) package and allied civil works for 2 x 800 MW

supercritical coal-based Uppur Thermal Power Project at

Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu.

The contract entails design, engineering, supply, erection, testing

and commissioning of BoP package and allied civil works on EPC

basis. The project is to be commissioned in 36 months.

Company has won the contract in International Competitive Bidding

amidst competition from leading EPC players like BHEL, L&T, Tata

Projects and BGR. With this contract, Reliance Infrastructure

Limited's EPC order book now stands at over Rs. 15,000 crore.

Arun Gupta, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure Limited EPC, said, "This

is a prestigious project for us and will add to our existing

credentials of executing large, complex projects in record time and

at competitive cost. We will leverage our experience of execution of

different types of power projects, from supercritical coal fired to

advanced class gas turbine to renewable energy, in execution of this

project and add TANGEDCO to our list of illustrious clients."

In recent past, Reliance Infrastructure Limited has secured multiple

EPC orders in power sector including 2 x 250 MW lignite-based CFBC

Thermal Power Project from NLC India Limited, Flue Gas

Desulphurization works of 3 x 500 MW power plant from NTPC Limited

and 750 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant along with a 500 MMSCFD

Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit based integrated LNG terminal

project in Bangladesh.

In addition to power sector projects, Reliance Infrastructure

Limited has won three road projects from NHAI, totaling 207 km.

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