New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Hindustan Construction Company Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs.345.30 crore project from Sardar Sarovar Nigam, a Gujarat government undertaking.

‘Hindustan Construction Company has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd to construct 57-km of Kutch branch canal,’ the company said in a regulatory filing.

The project is scheduled to be completed by December 2013.

At the Bombay Stock Exchange, the shares of the construction company were down 1.39 percent at Rs.35.55.