Ahmedabad:  City and Industrial Development Corporation (“CIDCO”) and Visvesvaraya Jala Nigam Ltd (“VJNL”) have declared L1 a Mumbai-based infrastructure company, Patel Engineering Limited for works including the design and construction of a long treated water tunnel from Sai Village to Vindhane Village in Raigad District and for Survey, Design, Supply, Install, Test and Commission a Micro Irrigation System under Tumkur Branch Canal in the state of Karnataka, said the company in the statement. 

The Micro Irrigation project with a total value of Rs. 470.67 crore is to be executed with a JV partner, of which PEL’s share in the new order is worth Rs 240.04 crore while the Water Tunnel Project worth Rs 555.83 crore is going to executed without any joint venture partnership, the statement further reads. 

The statement said, “The Micro Irrigation System project comprises of gravity bulk feeders, construction of a Sump cum Pump house, Electrical Substation, Supply and Installation of Pumping Machineries besides other appurtenant works such as construction of a Pipe Distribution Network and Drip Irrigation System using SCADA and Automation to cover an area of 15,090.21 Hectares while the Water Tunnel Project looks to cover a distance of 6.70 km.”