RAIPUR — Orrish Infrastructure, the engineering and construction arm of Orrish Group, has been awarded a ₹612 crore mandate to design, build, and operate water-supply infrastructure across three municipal clusters in central Chhattisgarh, the company confirmed today.
The project covers the laying of more than 480 kilometres of distribution pipeline, the construction of two treatment plants, and a fifteen-year operations-and-maintenance commitment intended to ensure reliable, metered water delivery to roughly 2.1 lakh households.
"Water infrastructure is among the most consequential work a builder can take on," said Anvita Rao, Chief Executive of Orrish Infrastructure. "Our teams understand that the real test is not the ribbon-cutting but the decade of dependable service that follows. We have structured this project for the long haul."
The award follows a competitive tender in which Orrish Infra was selected on a combination of technical capability and lifecycle cost. The company said it would deploy supervisory control systems and remote-monitoring technology to reduce non-revenue water losses, a persistent challenge in fast-growing urban areas.
Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of the financial year, with phased commissioning over thirty months. The company estimates the project will create around 1,100 jobs at peak, a significant share of which will be filled through local hiring and skilling partnerships.
Orrish Infrastructure has delivered roads, bridges and civic-amenity projects across the region for over two decades. The latest mandate takes its active order book past ₹2,300 crore, the highest in the subsidiary's history.
