Larsen and Toubro bags orders worth Rs 1,726 crore

New Delhi: Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged orders worth Rs 1,726 crore across various business segments. [caption id=“attachment_2799806” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] “The construction arm of L&T has won orders worth Rs 1,726 crore across various business segments,” L&T said in a BSE filing today. L&T said under its heavy civil infrastructure business vertical, it has secured a prestigious order worth Rs 687 crore in the defence sector. While its smart world and communication business has secured an order worth Rs 421 crore from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for engineering, supply, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of Wi-Fi hotspots and Wi-Fi offload systems on turnkey basis for the Southern and Western States of India. The company’s water and effluent treatment business has won an engineering, procurement and construction order worth Rs 245 crore from Pune Municipal Corporation and power transmission and distribution business has bagged engineering, procurement and construction orders worth Rs 373 crore. Shares of L&T were trading 0.41 per cent lower at Rs 1,474.10 on BSE.