Electricity projects contributes to the Sustainable Development Goal number 7, says Pandey
TATA Projects Limited has bagged orders worth approximately US$323 million for Transmission and Distribution projects across Africa, keeping up its pace of expanding global footprint in spite of the pandemic induced pause.
In East Africa region, TATA Projects has been awarded a US$79 million AfDB funded project for 280km 400kV D/C overhead transmission line from Nyakanazi to Kigoma in Tanzania.
In West Africa region, TATA Projects secured contracts worth around US$244 million, having mix of Transmission Line, Sub-station and Distribution projects.
TATA Projects has also signed an approximately US$106 million contract for a distribution project in Mali being funded by World Bank under the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Program. Additionally, it also secured a Sub-station Extension order from EDM, Mali.
TATA Projects further strengthens its presence in the region by securing around 500km of 330kV overhead transmission line projects in Burkina Faso and Niger. The project, funded by World Bank and AfDB, is approximately worth of US$110 million.
After strengthening its presence in East and West Africa, TATA Projects has successfully forayed into the Central African nation of Cameroon, wherein the company was awarded a World Bank funded transmission line project worth around US$21 million.
Speaking about the company’s growth in Africa, Rajesh Kumar Pandey, SBU Head – International Business, TATA Projects Ltd, said, “Electricity is a necessity and implementation of these projects will touch a larger populace and connect them to an improved system.
“This contributes to the Sustainable Development Goal number 7 i.e. ensuring access to ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’ for all. As we transcend, we need to measure ourselves in sequential journey of touch, connect, access, effectiveness and affordability to have sustainable growth of the Community, Country and Co-existence of TATA.”
Upon completion, these projects will enhance system capacities, unlock demand centers and make power accessible to consumers, ushering development and economic prosperity in the region.
TATA Projects is one of the fastest growing and most admired infrastructure companies in India. It has expertise in executing large and complex urban and industrial infrastructure projects.
The company provides turnkey end-to-end solutions to set up fully integrated rail & metro lines, commercial buildings and townships, data centres & airports, power generation plants, power transmission & distribution systems, oil & gas refineries, chemical process plants, water and wastewater management solutions, complete mining and metal purification systems. fiinews.com
