NHSRCL floats tender for Delhi-Amritsar corridor

The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has invited online open tenders for alignment design including aerial LiDAR survey and other infrastructure works for 459-km long Delhi-Amritsar high speed rail corridor project. The last date for the submission of bids is 28 December 2020 and the bids will be opened on 29 December 2020. 72% of contracts of the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be undertaken by domestic firms as part of the railways' efforts to boost 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'. Chairman and CEO of Railway Board, V K Yadav, informed that most of the high value technical work like laying of bridges and tunnels will be handled by Indian contractors, while Japanese firms will handle works related to signaling, telecom and rolling stock. Of the estimated cost of ₹1.10 lakh crore for the 508-km-long high-speed rail corridor project, ₹88,000 crore will be given to India as loan by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). After a detailed discussion with the Japanese government, the board has made available 72% of the entire contract value open to Indian contractors which includes all civil engineering work including bridges, under-sea tunnel related contracts, whereas contracts for Japanese contractors are only limited to signal and telecom, initial rolling stock and electrical works.