BHEL bags record order of Rs 10,254 crore in 2008-09

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL)'s industry sector business segment recorded an all time high order of Rs 10,254 crore in fiscal 2008-09, in captive power, transportation, power transmission, oil and gas and other industrial segments, a top company official said. Flagging off the first consignment of foundation materials to Mahan Aluminium in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, A V Krishnan, Executive Director, BHEL, here today said the dispatch was made ahead of the schedule and against an order for supply of main plant package of six 150 MW units, being set up by HINDALCO Industries Ltd. Last year, BHEL bagged the largest captive power plant order in two parts - from HINDALCO for setting up 12 sets of 150 MW units at Mahan Aluminium and Aditya Aluminium at Sambalpur district of Orissa, valued at Rs 4,015 crore. BHEL has been executing these orders against a tight schedule of 24 months and is expected to complete the order in Mahan Aluminium by March 2011 and in Aditya Aluminium by June 2011, Krishnan added.