NHSRCL invites bids for 21-km long tunnel for Bullet Train

National High-Speed Railway Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has invited bids for the construction of a 21-km long tunnel for India‘s first Bullet Train project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor. The tunnel will be constructed between the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in Thane, Maharashtra. The underground work included a 7 km long undersea tunnel to be constructed using Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) as well as the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM). The package is open to Indian and Japanese players. The total cost of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Corridor project is around ₹1.08 lakh crore.

As per the shareholding pattern for the high-speed rail corridor project, the central government is to pay ₹10,000 crore to the NHSRCL, while the state governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat are to pay an amount of ₹5,000 crore each. The remaining amount is to be paid through a loan by Japan at 0.1 per cent interest.

Earlier this month, financial bids were opened by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited for design and construction of approx. 18 km of the viaduct between Anand and Sabarmati including High-Speed Rail stations at the cities of Ahmedabad and Sabarmati for the Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor project under C7 package. The financial bids of four technically qualified bidders were opened and according to the corporation, IRCON – DINESHCHANDRA JV is the lowest bidder. On the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, Bullet Trains will operate at a speed of 320 km per hour, covering a distance of 508 km and a total of 12 stations.