GAMMON INDIA LIMITED

ased in Italy that is engaged in the design, fabrication and erection of transmission towers and lines has become
our subsidiary.
Subsequent to our acquisitions and partnerships, we believe that we are eligible to bid for supplying super
critical boilers and super critical turbines.
With over 87 years of experience, we have strived to achieve our motto of being ‘Builders to the Nation’ with an
array of landmark structures, including bridges, harbors, ports, thermal and nuclear power stations, dams, highrise
structures, chemical and fertilizer complexes, environmental structures and cross-country water, oil and gas
pipelines. Our landmark structures include the following:
construction of the foundation for Gateway of India, Mumbai in 1922, which was the first reinforced
concrete precast piling job in India;
a river bridge of six kilometers across the Ganges at Patna in 1982, which was the longest river bridge
in India at the time;
the first cable-stayed bridge in India at Akkar, Sikkim in 1988;
a cantilever bridge of 140 meters across the river Jadukatta in Meghalaya in 2001, which was the
longest cantilever bridge in India at the time;
a railway tunnel of 6,500 meters for Konkan Railway at Ratnagiri in 1995, which was the longest
railway tunnel in Asia;
the first 500 MW thermal power station at Trombay in 1983;
a cooling tower of 141 meters at Panipat in 2000, which was the tallest cooling tower in India at the
time;
an urban viaduct of 2,400 meters at J.J. Hospital, Mumbai in 2002, which was the longest urban
viaduct in India at the time; and
a clover leaf flyover of 5,232 meters at Hebbal, Bangalore in 2003, which was the longest clover leaf
flyover in India at the time.
Over the years, our planners, designers and construction specialists have proved their competence and
innovative skills.
Our Order Book
In the civil engineering and construction industry, the order book is considered as a potential future performance
indicator since it represents a portion of anticipated revenues. We aim to focus not only on order book additions,
but also on capturing a quality order book with potentially high margins. For the years ended March 31, 2006,
2007, 2008 and 2009, our order backlog was Rs.56.68 billion, Rs.65.33 billion, Rs.90.01 billion and Rs.129.67
billion, respectively. During the same period, our book-to-bill ratio was 3.79, 3.54, 3.85 and 3.57, respectively.
The following table sets forth the order book of our Company, Sofinter, FTM and SAE Powerlines as of
September 30, 2009:
Order book as of September 30, 2009
(Rs. in millions)
Our Company:
Transportation Engineering 59,560.79
Power Transmission and Distribution 19,965.80
Energy 18,960.94
Environment and Pipelines 13,843.03
Hydro Power Structures 10,784.21
Hydraulic and Irrigation 4,489.63
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