In all 14 locations — nine in Gujarat and five in Maharashtra — have been identified for the installation of "anemometers" devices to monitor wind speed, focusing on river bridges and areas prone to sudden and strong wind, National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) said in a statement.
The 435 km high-speed rail is expected to reduce travel time between Mysuru and the two Southern state capitals and will have nine stations along the route.
NHSRCL announces completion of 100 km of viaducts and 230 km of pier work for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor.
A 21-km-long tunnel is to be built in Maharashtra for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor, of which seven km will be under the sea.
Rajendra Prasad, Director, Projects, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has been handed over the charge for three months, the officials said.
The technical bids for contract packages of P-1(B) and P-1(C) for construction or building of bridges for the MAHSR corridor in the state of Gujarat as well union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The NHSRCL has already awarded civil contracts for the construction of 64 per cent of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor alignment which includes a train depot at Surat, a mountain tunnel of 350 metre and five HSR stations — Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch and Anand/Nadiad.
New Delhi, Nov 26 The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Thursday signed an agreement for the country's biggest infrastructure..
Interested candidates can apply on the NHSRCL official website i.e. nhsrcl.in and the last date of application is November 15 at 6 pm.
The National High Speed Rail Corporation on October 19 announced that L&T was the lowest bidder for the design and construction of civil works for 47 percent of the alignment of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
L&T pipped consortiums led by Tata Projects and Afcons Infrastructure to bag the order.
The Afcons-IRCON consortium, Larsen & Toubro and the NCC-Tata Project consortium are among the bidders. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor is being built at a total cost of Rs 1.08 lakh crore.
The government has asked for detailed project reports of the seven new corridors for bullet trains, NHSRCL MD Achal Khare said
The Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has been in the news for its land acquisition woes. But the agency tasked with executing the project is confident of overcoming the hurdles.
A source said that "a more realistic deadline" for the bullet train project could be 2023, a year from the present deadline.
Giving the first official indication of the likely fares of the government's ambitious project, Achal Khare, the managing director of National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), told mediapersons that the fares are based on present projections and calculations.