KEC International will build a 765kV single circuit line between Varanasi and Balia in Uttar Pradesh. The Rs.173-crore turnkey order was recently placed on the Mumbaiheadquartered company by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. The project is associated with the transmission system for Phase-I generation projects in Jharkhand and West Bengal. PGCIL also placed other orders worth Rs.118 crore on KEC International for 132kV and 220kV lines in Jharkhand.

Meanwhile, state power utility Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (APTransco) also placed an order worth Rs.189 crore for supply and erection of a 400kV double-circuit transmission line from Rangampet to Gajwel in the southern state.

KEC International’s wholly-owned subsidiary SAE Towers secured various orders aggregating Rs.79 crore to supply lattice towers and poles to United States, Mexico and Brazil. In another development, the cable business of KEC (formerly known as RPG Cables) secured orders valued at Rs.87 crore for power and telecom cables.