The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condoled the death of Mr. Henning Holk-Larsen, one of the founders of Larsen & Toubro.

In a condolence message, the Prime Minister said:

~I am sad to know that Mr. Henning Holk-Larsen, one of the two founders of Larsen & Toubro, passed away in Mumbai yesterday. He was one of the pioneers of engineering industry in India. Though a foreigner, this Danish engineer made India his adopted country and developed L&T from a modest firm in the late 1930s into a giant industrial conglomerate with diversified businesses. I recall that I did the pleasant duty of honouring him, in this absence, in his country of birth when I visited Copenhagen last year.

I pay my heartfelt homage to this lover of India who contributed significantly to our country’s industrialisation~.