L&T emerges as the lowest bidder for 237-km high-speed rail corridor

Larsen & Toubro has emerged as the lowest bidder for a major part of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, with a bid of ₹24,958 crore. NHSRCL informed that a total number of three bidders involving seven major infrastructural companies had participated in the competitive bidding. Technical bids for the tender were opened in the second half of last month and in less than one month, after rigorous evaluation of technical bids, the financial bids have also been opened. The scope of work in the project involves the design and construction of 237 km length of the viaduct for 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor. It is the first high-speed train project of India, which is being built with the financial help of Japan. The tender covers about 47% of total alignment of 508 km, between Vapi and Vadodara in Gujarat. This includes four railway stations including Vapi, Billimora, Surat and Bharuch and Surat Depot, bridges on 24 rivers and 30 road crossings.