SPML Infra receives orders to supply drinking water in two states of India

SPML Infra has received two new contracts of worth $118.7m to supply drinking water in the Indian states of Telangana and Rajasthan.

The Indian infrastructure development company has bagged its first order worth $80.3m from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department of the Telangana Government.

Under the deal, SPML Infra will have to supply drinking water facility in the Manthani-Bhupalapally region of Karimnagar and Warrangal districts.

The company will also have to operate and maintain the water supply system for ten years.

The scope of the project includes providing a safe drinking water supply system to the rural, urban and industrial areas of the region as per the National Rural Drinking Water Supply Guidelines.

The supply system will serve through the Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project by 2018.

Carried out in a joint venture with Megha Engineering and Infrastructure, the project will see the construction of a ground level water reservoir, overhead service reservoir and 1,341km of water supply pipeline.

SPML Infra will have to supply 32,000m³ of water every day.

The other $38.3m order awarded by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) in Rajasthan includes the supply of drinking water to 97 villages of Kaman, Mallah, Kumher, Deeg, Pahari and Nagar.

Awarded under the Chambal Dholpur Bharatpur Project, the scope of the order will include the construction of 14 overhead service reservoirs, four clear water reservoirs with combined capacity of 21,080kl, deployment of two pumping stations, and installation of 700km of water pipeline.

SPML Infra executive director Rishabh Sethi said: "This is a significant order in the water supply segment from Telangana and we hope that this is a beginning for many such projects involving development of water infrastructure in the state.

"We are happy that our work in Rajasthan has got the boost with this new order and we are committed to the development of water infrastructure in the state."