Essar Steel has secured an order to supply pipes for Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation Yojana promoted by the Gujarat Government. The project is estimated to cost Rs 10,800 crore and the order will be executed over a period of one year.
Under the programme, the water of Narmada will be distributed to 115 reservoirs across seven districts of Saurashtra through four link pipelines over 1,022,589 acres.
Of the 5.86 lakh tonnes of pipes required for the project, Essar Steel will supply 1.2 lakh tonnes of Helical Submerged Arc Welding (HSaw) pipes, which are 12-m long and 120 inches in diameter.
Essar Steel has a capacity of 2.75 lakh tonnes per annum with presence in India, Canada, the US, West Asia and Asia.
