Srikalahasthi Pipes Set For Massive Expansion

Increases capacity from 300,000 to 500,000 TPA

The Board of Directors of #SrikalahasthiPipesLimited has approved to increase the capacity of its Ductile Iron Pipe plant from the present capacity of 3,00,000 MT to 5,00,000 MT per annum.

It is proposed to install an additional Sinter Plant, increased Furnace Blowing System, additional Hot Blast Stove, Oxygen Enrichment and all auxiliaries along with a higher furnace volume.

In the DI Pipe plant, additional facilities are planned as new hot metal handling and distribution system with converter, new induction furnaces in place of existing, additional casting machines, new annealing furnace, modification and shifting of existing finishing line, additional steam curing chamber, additional bitumen coating line and creating other required infrastructures.

The total investment will be around Rs.400 crores. The estimated time of commissioning of increased capacity of this Ductile Iron Pipe plant is by the end of March, 2021.

Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited intends to be ready to meet the increased demand of pipes under the ambitious announcement by Shri Narendra Modi’s NDA government, of the “Nal se Jal” scheme. This, as you might know, aims to provide piped water supply to every household by 2024.

This expansion was extensively covered in the media; here is a clipping from The Business Line, Chennai.

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