L&T concludes the divestment of 99 MW Hydro Power Plant with Renew Power

L&T concluded the divestment of its 100% stake in the    3 x 33 MW (99 MW) hydroelectric power plant at Singoli-Bhatwari in Uttarakhand. As per the terms, the EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services conglomerate received a consideration of ₹ 1,001.50 crores as divestment proceeds from Renew Power on August 30^th 2021.  

This deal is in line with the company’s strategy to pursue the divestment path for all non-core assets in its portfolio.

Mr. D K Sen, Whole-time Director & Sr. Executive Vice President (Development Projects), L&T, said, “We have already identified our non-core assets in Nabha Power, a 2×700 MW supercritical thermal power plant at Rajpura, Punjab, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Ltd (L&T IDPL), our subsidiary primarily engaged in road projects and power transmission lines and Hyderabad Metro, the largest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project in the Metro rail sector for divestment. We will work out the divestment process of all these assets over a period of time.”