EMS Wins Rs 1.04 Billion Contract For Agra Water Scheme

25 Jun 2025 CW Team

EMS Limited has emerged as the lowest bidder for an estimated Rs 1.04 billion infrastructure package under the Agra Water-Supply Re-organisation Scheme (Trans Yamuna Zones I and II), awarded by Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban). The twenty-four-month, design-and-build contract spans the full project cycle鈥攆rom surveying and soil investigation to engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning.

Scope includes an intake well-cum-pump house with approach bridge on the river, a 1 100-millimetre-diameter raw-water rising main linking the river intake to site, and a 55-million-litres-per-day water-treatment plant that will deploy advanced purification technologies. EMS confirmed the order is purely domestic with no related-party involvement and said further updates will follow as milestones are achieved.

The award strengthens the company鈥檚 North-Indian project portfolio; EMS shares closed 0.4 per cent higher on Friday, 20 June.

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