Siemens bags Rs 130 cr order from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company

Siemens Ltd, the flagship listed company of German group Siemens AG in India, on Monday said it has bagged a Rs 130 crore order from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company to modernise power distribution management system.

The company's Infrastructure & Cities Sector would manage the entire project.

"This would be in addition to development, manufacture, implementation and commissioning of SCADA/DMS supervisory control centers for eight cities under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development Reforms Programme (R-APDRP)," Siemens said in a statement.

One of the main objectives of R-APDRP is to reduce Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses.

According to the statement, the project is scheduled to be commissioned by June 2013. "The eight cities are: Greater Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Amravati, Malegaon, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur," it added.

"Our SCADA/DMS systems have been successfully operated for numerous power providers and network operators in India.

With the order from Maharashtra we have reinforced our position," Siemens Ltd. Head of Smart Grid Division of the Siemens Infrastructure & Cities Sector Ram Kumar Chugh said.