Rs 24,000 crore bullet train contract creates record

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: On Thursday, an agreement has been signed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) with Larsen & Turbo for the country’s biggest infrastructure contract for design as well as the construction of 47 per cent alignment for India’s first high-speed rail corridor project connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

The agreement signed with L&T also includes the development of four stations namely Billimora, Vapi, Surat and Bharuch, Surat Depot, a total of 42 road crossings, as many as 14 river crossings, as well as six railway crossings including a 350 metres long mountain tunnel, according to a PTI report.

NHSRCL said the contract has been signed for the design and construction of 237 kilometres long viaduct between Vapi (Zaroli Village at the border of Maharashtra-Gujarat) and Vadodara in Gujarat for 508 kilometres of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train corridor. The event was attended by the Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki along with top officials of and NHSRCL and the Railway Board.