Unity bags Rs. 74 cr. order from Project Seabird
for construction of township & allied facilities at strategic naval base
Mumbai, January 9, 2009: Unity Infraprojects Ltd., (BSE: 532746), one of India’s major civil contracting firms, bagged an order worth Rs. 74 crores “Project Seabird”, from a Deputy Director General, Government of India for building township and allied facilities at Amadalli, Karwar to be completed within 18 months.
This package (Civil Works Pkg – IX) is the part of “Project Seabird” for development of Asia's largest naval base in Karwar, Karnataka.
Speaking about the order bagged, Mr. Kishore K. Avarsekar, Chairman and Managing Director, Unity Infraprojects Ltd. said, “Bagging such a prestigious order and being associated with Project Seabird gives a tremendous boost to our efforts and we intend to step up our pace and complete the project in good time.”
In October, Unity had bagged a Rs. 375.25 crores order from the Pink City Expressway Pvt. Ltd. of Rajasthan for widening and upgrading of existing 4-lane road to 6-lane.
About Unity Infraprojects Ltd.
Unity Infraprojects Ltd. provides integrated engineering, procurement and construction services for civil construction and infrastructure sector projects. Besides civil construction, the company’s project expertise includes transportation engineering, irrigation, water supply and public health projects. Unity is the flagship unit of the Mumbai based KK Group of Companies which has interests across a wide spectrum of businesses such as concrete block manufacturing and quarrying, hospitality and organized retailing industries.
With an established presence in engineering, irrigation and transportation, Unity is successfully diversifying its business model. Some of the landmark projects done by Unity are Expansion & Modification at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai; Millennium Business Park in Navi Mumbai; Mass Housing Projects for DDA in Delhi; New Secretariat Complex in Assam; Tsunami Re-construction Project in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Jupiter Mills in Mumbai; Nizam Institute of Medical Science in Hyderabad; High Court in Karnataka.
Unity also has presence in real estate and BOT space. The company is ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14001-2004, (mention 18000 also) certified with accreditation from the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation board. It has a market capitalization of over Rs. 5000 million; and is listed in BSE & NSE.
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