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Scope : Construction of the Rihand micro irrigation project in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh
The State Cabinet gave administrative approval for irrigation project in Singrauli. This project will provide irrigation facility.
The Cabinet granted administrative approval to Rihand micro irrigation project costing Rs 672.25 crore for irrigation facility in 113 villages through high pressure micro irrigation (sprinkler) method from underground pipeline in 38,000 hectares of irrigation area in Singrauli and Mada tehsil of Singrauli district.
On March 2023, Patel Engineering, a civil construction firm specialised in the hydropower and irrigation sector, announced that the company along with the joint venture (JV), has received a letter of award (LoA) for the Rihand micro irrigation project from the department of water resources, Madhya Pradesh. The contract is worth Rs 640 crore.
The project entails the construction of a pressure irrigation system to supply water through rising and gravity mains through a pressurised pipeline system for micro-irrigation as part of the Rihand micro-irrigation project in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district (237 km from Varanasi airport 359 km from Ranchi).
The company's share of the JV is 80 percent, and its investment in the project is Rs. 5,120.47 million.
The contract is for 36 months and will be executed on an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) turnkey basis.
