Welspun Corp Limited CC-Jun25.pdf · 2025-07-30
Abhishek, the opportunity or interlinking of rivers is mammoth. The way the projects are currently being conceived and the way they have been planned, it could be more than 1 million tons of an opportunity which may come up to start with, right? And these opportunities are currently happening in -- will happen in the state of Madhya Pradesh to follow up within Rajasthan and then in Maharashtra. So we a re very, very optimistic and buoyant about this particular opportunity. And we are very -- we are confident that we will have a piece of share out of this opportunity because of our geographical presence into those states. So coming to your question, the volumes could be very mammoth. It would be exceeding more than 1 million tons. And it is no more an opportunity, which is under evaluation. It is something which is now going to happen on the ground very shortly.
My sense, Abhishek, is that irrigation predominantly has been serviced by HDPE pipe lines. There could be -- there will be a paradigm shift, which will happen and these pipes will move more towards OPVC and ductile iron pipes. Because at the end of the day, these pipes guarantee and almost 50 years service guarantee, more than 50 years of service guarantee, which primarily substandard HDPE pipes, which have been supplied by the industry in the past has not met that expectation. So we see irrigation is a huge emerging opportunity where both tactile and OPVC pipe and very high-quality HDPE pipes will be used and should be used.