Mumbai, Nov 18 (IANS): Industrial conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged orders worth Rs 8,650 crore from Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for construction of "packages 1 and 3" of Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL).

According to the industrial conglomerate, the order was bagged by the heavy civil infrastructure business vertical of its construction arm.

"The package-01 of the contract involves the construction of a multi-level interchange at Sewri and a 6-lane marine bridge from Sewri to 10.38 km into the Mumbai bay, crossing over the Sewri mud flats, Pir Pau Jetty and Thane Creek channels," the company said in a statement.

"The contract, secured in partnership with IHI Corporation, Japan, involves the construction of an Orthotropic Steel Deck crossing the various obligatory navigation channels which will be first of its kind in India."

"The package-03, won by L&T on a standalone basis, involves the construction of a 3.6 Km, 6-lane land bridge at Navi Mumbai connecting national highway-4B and state highway-54 apart from the construction of interchanges, rail overbridges and toll plazas," the statement added.