L&T’s stake sale in Hyd metro by March
TG govt will pay `2K cr for equity, take over concessionaire’s debt of`13K cr
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Hyderabad: The total stake disinvestment in Hyderabad metro project will be completed by the end of current financial year, says Larsen & Toubro (L&T). “We expect the divestment to get completed by the end of the current fiscal FY26,” said the infrastructure major in a filing to BSE on Friday.
It further said that Telangana government will take over the Hyderabad Metro SPV by refinancing the current debt and acquiring equity of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd at the agreed values.
An in principle understanding has been reached between both on the same. Official sources on Thursday said that Telangana government has agreed to take over Phase-I of Hyderabad Metro Rail project from L&T Group by paying Rs2,000 crore for the equity in the concessionaire L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Ltd. It was agreed that the state government would also take over the company’s debt of Rs13,000 crore, they had said.
L&T has about 90 per cent equity in the project. Last month, the infra major expressed its desire to offload its stake, the Metro Rail project-about 70 KM, to either the state or central government through a new Special Purpose vehicle (SPV), citing operational and accumulated losses.
