Financial bids for the construction of a 21-km long tunnel including India’s first 7 km long undersea tunnel in Maharashtra for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor has been opened by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL).
The financial bids of 2 (two) technically qualified bidders were opened and M/s Afcons Infrastructure Limited has quoted the lowest bid. On February 9, 2023, the technical bids of this tender were opened.
As per the officials, three tunnel-boring machines will construct 15.4km of the structure, while the remaining stretch will be built using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method.
NHSRCLto plant 5,300 trees
In lieu of 1,828 trees to be felled for the 508 km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, NSHRCL has decided to plant over 5,300 trees.
A total of 1,687 trees will be affected in the 3.9252 hectare area of the plot located at Vikhroli and apart from that, 141 trees will be transplanted. Plantation of these trees will be done through the forest department, according to the spokesperson of NHSRCL.
Two hectares will be used for construction of traction substation and distribution substation, out of a 3.9 hectare plot. The number of total trees in this area is 1243. Likewise, in the construction zone, in 1.9 hectare, a tunnel shaft and ventilation building will be constructed, and total number of existing trees in this area is 585.
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