Soma Enterprise Ltd. (SEL) completes Prakasha Barrage Project in a record time

- Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources, Shri Ajit Pawar felicitates SEL with Gold medal and Certificate of Excellence –

New Delhi, January 9, 2008: Soma Enterprise Ltd., one of India’s leading infrastructure developers, today announced the completion of erection of the Mild steel gates of Prakasha Barrage Project at Tal. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar, Maharashtra, awarded to it by the TIDC (Tapi Irrigation Development Corporation), Government of Maharashtra. Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources, Shri Ajit Pawar felicitated Soma with the prestigious Gold Award and Certificate of Excellence for its outstanding performance and completion of the project ahead of schedule.

The scope of work for the Rs.165 crore project included construction of barrage of total length of 1443 m, providing & erecting 27 Vertical Lift Type Mild Steel Gates of size 15m x 9m, having steel component of 5700 MT. The Reservoir Capacity is 2.24TMC and would provide irrigation to 8856 Ha of land.

The Gold Medal and Certificate of Excellence was received by Mr. M. M. Prabhakar V. Prasad, Director, Soma Enterprise Limited, in the presence of Shri Manikrao Gavit, Hon’ble Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Dr. Vijay Kumar Gavit, Hon’ble Minister for Tribal Development, Government of Maharashtra at a function in Prakasha, attended by more than 5000 local people.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ankineedu Maganti, Director, Soma Enterprise Ltd, said, “We are happy to receive the prestigious Gold award from the Govt. of Maharashtra for our unremitting effort in providing the best resources for this Prakasha barrage project. Our expertise and vast experience in executing barrage projects has enabled us to achieve successful completion of the project much ahead of schedule.”

“We have executed a number of infrastructure projects in the areas of water resource development, hydro power and roads and highways in Maharashtra. This is an important region for us and we are keen to undertake large-scale complex projects in the State in the near future.” He further added.

Soma is currently executing the Bhabhali & Digras barrage projects, Bhosa-Khind Tunnel and Pimpalgaon-Dhule road projects in Maharashtra.

Soma has executed some of the key infrastructure projects in Maharashtra such as strengthening of the Koyna dam and extension of the tunnel, Construction of the Tarali dam, Nira Deoghar Earth Dam, Temghar Dam, Purna project, Construction of the Kamshet and Khandala tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, amongst others.

Soma Enterprise Limited, a professionally managed ISO 9001-2000 company in a short span of nine years has risen to be one of the leading infrastructure developers in the country. The organization, with a turnover of around Rs.1100 Crores has over 1200 engineers, 2500 technical and support staff and a team of over 6000 skilled and semi skilled workforce. Soma has been at the forefront, adopting latest technology with the resource and expertise to execute projects ranging from construction of Dams, Highways, Road Tunnels, Hydraulic Tunnels, Bridges, Irrigation Projects, Aqueducts, Sewage Treatment Plants and Real Estate Projects. Some of the key projects executed by them are AP 18 project – 84.5 km on NH 5 near Vijayawada, Nellore Bypass Project, Maddur-Mysore Road etc.

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