Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has secured an order worth Rs 22.87 crore to supply and install KAVACH equipment, an automatic train protection system, from Indian Railways (South Western Railway).
BHEL receives LoI from Indian Railways
In its regulatory filing on Friday the company said “Letter of Intent (LOI) received on September 11, 2025, for design, development, supply, installation, trial and commissioning of on-board KAVACH equipment in locomotives and trackside KAVACH equipment at station/LC/IB/ABS locations, along with associated works in South Western Railway,” it stated.
Kavach equipment is to be manufactured at BHEL’s Bengaluru plant. The time period for execution of the order is 18 months.
BHEL secured Rs 2,600 crore order from MB Power
Previously, on September 3, BHEL secured an order worth around Rs 2,600 crore from MB Power (Madhya Pradesh). The company accepted the Letter of Intent for the supply of equipment (boiler, turbine, generator) for the 1×800 MW Anuppur Thermal Power Project. For this project, BHEL had set a supply completion schedule of 58 months.
The boiler for the project was to be manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy plant, while the turbine and generator were to be produced at its Haridwar facility.
The order also included associated auxiliaries along with control and instrumentation systems.
Share price of BHEL
The share price of Bharat Heavy Electricals has seen a significant surge, rising 17.96 per cent in the last six months.