Hindus have applauded Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Limited for reportedly performing Bhumi-Puja (Earth-Worship) for the Hyderabad Metro mega-project at three sites on April 26.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended L&T, one of India’s highly respected technology-engineering-
Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out that invoking of all nourishing Earth, which provided shelter to all of us, her children; asking her to be gracious to us and seeking her cooperation for our prosperity and happiness; was considered very auspicious.
Hyderabad Metro Rail is expected to carry about 1.5 million passengers daily by 2015 with a frequency of 3-5 minutes. This project of Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL), a public-private partnership, was awarded to successful lowest bidder L&T. Pankaj Dwivedi and N.V.S. Reddy are Chairman and Managing Director respectively of HMRL.
L&T, whose tagline is “It’s all about Imagineering”, was founded in 1938 in Mumbai by two Danish engineers. A. M. Naik and K. Venkataramanan are Chairman and Chief Executive Officer respectively.