190 KM OF VIADUCT AND 321 KM OF PIER WORK COMPLETED FOR BULLET PROJECT

NEW DELHI: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has completed 190 km of viaduct and 321 km of pier work on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. Additionally, bridge works on eight out of the total 24 river bridges have been completed.

NHSRCL officials, providing details of the project, stated that all civil contracts for the project have been awarded in both states—Maharashtra and Gujarat. They confirmed that 100% of the land acquisition in Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH), and Maharashtra has been completed.

Besides the civil works, all depot and electrical contracts have also been awarded. The officials said that two state-of-the-art Track Slab manufacturing facilities in Surat and Anand are fully functional to support the track system.

The completion of the first mountain tunnel, spanning 350 meters near Zaroli Village in Valsad, was announced. The officials said that three steel bridges, measuring 70 meters, 100 meters, and 130 meters, have also been completed in Surat, Anand, and Vadodara, respectively.

Bridge works on eight out of the total 24 river bridges along the Bullet Train corridor, including those on the Par, Purna, Mindhola, Ambika, Auranga, Venganiya, Mohar, and Dhadhar rivers, have also been completed. The work on other major rivers such as the Narmada, Tapti, Mahi, and Sabarmati is in progress.

In Maharashtra, work has commenced on a 7 km undersea rail tunnel, which is part of a 21 km long tunnel between BKC and Shilphata. In Gujarat, out of the total 352 km of viaduct, foundation work for 338 km has been completed, along with the casting of 5,549 girders, covering 222 km. The foundation work for all eight Bullet Train Stations, including Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Anand, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, and Sabarmati, has been finished.

At the Sabarmati Depot, earthwork is finished, and overhead equipment foundation work is in progress, along with the construction of the administrative building and various sheds and workshops, said NHSRCL officials.