L and T and ACWA Power to construct desalination plant in Saudi Arabia

Larsen & Toubro is teaming up with ACWA Power, a leading developer in the Middle East, in constructing a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. The contract has been awarded to L&T's Water and Effluent Treatment business in partnership with a Spanish infrastructure company, Lantania.

The seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant is expected to provide drinking water to the Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Baha regions and would serve about one million people once in operation. It is a project that's backed by the resolve of Saudi Arabia to improve water infrastructure and deliver drinking water access to key regions.

This project becomes the second largest desalination project that L&T has bagged in Saudi Arabia in recent times, encouraging its presence in the Middle East further. The contracts are in the range of Rs 2,500 crore and Rs 5,000 crore in value, which, per the classification mentioned in the company, should be categorized under large orders.

The company entered into the partnership in alignment with an ethos to expand its footprint in business-friendly regions and enhance its expertise in expanding water management solutions. Larsen & Toubro has an annual turnover of 27 billion.

As such, it is an Indian multinational corporation focusing on engineering, procurement, and construction projects as well as on hi-tech manufacturing and services. It identifies itself with its complex infrastructure projects and sustainable solutions in operating in many geographies.

The project of a new desalination plant highlights L&T's commitment toward supporting infrastructure development that is vital and further seals its leadership position in the water and effluent treatment sphere on a global basis.