Welspun Enterprises secures new order of tertiary treated water conveyance tunnel in Mumbai

Welspun Enterprises Limited (WEL) has secured a significant Design and Build contract for the design and construction of Tertiary Treated Water Conveyance Tunnel from Dharavi Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) to Ghatkopar WWTF, from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

The contract, valued at Rs 1,989.40 crores (excluding GST), encompasses the design and construction of two very deep shafts at Ghatkopar WWTF and Dharavi WWTF, and an 8.48 km long reinforced in-situ concrete lined tunnel of 2.7 metre finished diameter. This tunnel is to be constructed using tunnel boring machine (TBM). The project is to be completed within a timeframe of 93 months.

The outstanding order book of the company as on June 30, 2024 was Rs. 12,300 crores on standalone basis. With the addition of this order, the outstanding order book of the company is ~Rs. 14,300 crores (less execution done in Q2 FY25), of which ~Rs. 9,900 crores is from the water sector (including ~Rs. 4,400 crores from O&M & Asset replacement), ~Rs. 1,989 crores from newly added tunnel segment and the balance ~Rs. 2,400 crores is from transportation sector (excluding ~Rs. 1,900 crores for a road project bid, for which the company is L1).

Additionally, Welspun Michigan Engineers Limited, its subsidiary company, has also been awarded a project valued at ~Rs. 24.60 crores, for wastewater treatment in the State of Maharashtra.

With the new order inflows, the consolidated order book is ~Rs. 15,800 crores (less execution done in Q2 FY25).

Commenting on the development, BK Goenka, Chairman, Welspun World, said, “The above projects are a testament of our commitment to sustainable infrastructure development, in line with our stated objectives of Growth and Green. Both these projects are aimed at improving water quality and contribute to circular economy by reuse of treated wastewater.”

Sandeep Garg, Managing Director, Welspun Enterprises Limited, remarked, “We are honoured to be working with the BMC for the DGT project, which is their path-breaking endeavour to reuse treated wastewater in a comprehensive manner. With this project, WEL at the consolidated level, would be collecting the wastewater at source, conveying it to the wastewater treatment facility at Dharavi and transporting the treated water for further refinement and reuse. This is a unique combination of projects that holistically benchmarks the concept of reuse of wastewater.”