Denta government water contracts total Rs 753.45 crore

Denta’s listed Jal Jeevan Mission, Amrut and sewage-treatment plant contracts total Rs 753.45 crore, with eight of the 10 named contracts carrying a 100.0% company share. The two remaining contracts have disclosed shares of 89.9% and 94.0%, leaving the portfolio predominantly held by Denta rather than shared with partners.

Which government water schemes does Denta serve?

Denta serves three named public-water categories: Jal Jeevan Mission, Amrut and sewage-treatment plant, or STP, projects. The presentation lists Rs 387.08 crore of Jal Jeevan Mission contracts, Rs 225.84 crore of Amrut work and Rs 140.53 crore of STP work, spanning drinking-water supply and wastewater treatment.

The Jal Jeevan Mission table includes Kerehalli at Rs 235 crore, Chikkabenekal at Rs 106.50 crore and Doddakavalande at Rs 4.59 crore. Separately, Denta’s project overview describes KC Valley Phase I and II groundwater-recharge work under Jal Jeevan Mission at Rs 446.23 crore, indicating that the presentation’s broader project descriptions do not mirror the three entries in its detailed scheme table.

Amrut work consists of Kukkunnur Yelburga at Rs 205.20 crore and Basavanabagewadi at Rs 20.64 crore in the detailed government-project table. The project overview says the Kukkunnur and Yelburga scheme supplies water from the Tungabhadra Dam, while the Basavanabagewadi project involves laying 30 kilometres of drinking-water pipeline.

How much are Denta’s listed government contracts worth?

Denta’s 10 listed government-water contracts are worth Rs 753.45 crore in aggregate, with Jal Jeevan Mission representing the largest scheme total at Rs 387.08 crore. Amrut ranks second at Rs 225.84 crore and five STP contracts rank third at Rs 140.53 crore, based on the presentation’s scheme-by-scheme table.

The Rs 753.45 crore scheme-table total is Rs 28.99 crore below Denta’s reported overall order book of Rs 782.44 crore, for which the company states revenue visibility of the next three years. The presentation does not provide a line-by-line reconciliation between the overall order book and the 10 contracts in the three government-project categories.

The presentation also contains differences between its project-overview values and detailed contract table. For example, the overview gives a combined Rs 106.31 crore value for five STP projects, whereas the STP table totals Rs 140.53 crore; the detailed table is the basis for the scheme comparison above.

How complete is Denta’s ownership of these contracts?

Denta reports a 100.0% share in eight of the 10 named contracts, including all five STP projects and the two largest Jal Jeevan Mission contracts. The only sub-100% shares are 89.9% in Doddakavalande, valued at Rs 4.59 crore, and 94.0% in Basavanabagewadi, valued at Rs 20.64 crore.

The ownership pattern differs across the three categories. STP work has full ownership across Kuningal town at Rs 34.22 crore, Belagavi at Rs 30.17 crore, Dharwad at Rs 13.40 crore, Kalburagi at Rs 20.40 crore and Tumkur at Rs 41.74 crore; Jal Jeevan Mission and Amrut each contain one contract with a lower disclosed share.

This means the entire Rs 140.53 crore STP portfolio is shown with a 100.0% Denta share, while the Rs 387.08 crore Jal Jeevan Mission category includes the Rs 4.59 crore Doddakavalande exception. The presentation provides ownership percentages but does not identify partners or define their responsibilities in the two partly shared contracts.

How has Denta’s public-water project mix developed?

Denta’s stated project history starts with subcontract work on check dams and natural-river restoration in 2019–20, followed by a direct Karnataka government check-dam contract in 2020–21. It completed KC Valley Phase I groundwater recharge in 2021–22 and was awarded KC Valley Phase II and a Jal Jeevan Mission contract in 2022–23.

The subsequent pipeline broadened beyond recharge and drinking water. Denta says it received two railway projects under the Amrut Bharat Scheme in 2023–24, a Raichur-district Amrut-2 water-supply project in 2024–25, and five new STP projects across five districts in 2025–26, adding wastewater treatment to its stated water-supply and recharge activities.

The wider track record from FY21 to Q2FY27, where FY means financial year, assigns Rs 1,033.48 crore to water-management projects. That compares with Rs 38.24 crore for irrigation, Rs 17.87 crore for roads and Rs 6.374 crore for railways, making water management the largest reported category in the presentation.

What operating model supports Denta’s water projects?

Denta says its Design-Build-Operate-Transfer, or DBOT, model includes operation and maintenance contracts accounting for about 7% of contract value. Another presentation page describes this component as about 7% to 8% over three to five years, so the source gives a slightly wider range in its later description.

For wastewater work, Denta identifies CAMUS technology and Sequential Batch Reactor, or SBR, technology as systems used for treatment. Its five STP projects, worth Rs 140.53 crore in the detailed scheme table, cover establishment or refurbishment work in Kuningal town, Belagavi, Dharwad, Kalburagi and Tumkur.

Denta also describes reusing secondary treated sewage water and fresh water for groundwater recharge and conservation. That mechanism aligns with its Rs 446.23 crore KC Valley Phase I and II project overview, while Kerehalli at Rs 235 crore and Chikkabenekal at Rs 106.50 crore are listed as drinking-water contracts.

Conclusion

Denta’s disclosed government-water portfolio combines Rs 753.45 crore of listed Jal Jeevan Mission, Amrut and STP contracts with high stated ownership levels. Eight of 10 contracts show a 100.0% Denta share, while the remaining Doddakavalande and Basavanabagewadi contracts show 89.9% and 94.0% shares respectively; Jal Jeevan Mission is the largest category at Rs 387.08 crore.

The next item to watch is execution against Denta’s Rs 782.44 crore order book and its stated three-year revenue visibility, particularly the five STP projects awarded in 2025–26. Future disclosures could also clarify why the project overview gives Rs 106.31 crore for five STPs while the detailed STP contract table totals Rs 140.53 crore.