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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Practice: Work Begins In Maharashtra’s Palghar & Thane Districts. (Representational Picture) (Photograph: Moneycontrol)
Work begins on Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet practice hall in Maharashtra. Geotechnical investigation underway, tunnels and stations deliberate.
The bullet practice work has commenced in Maharashtra’s Palghar and Thane districts, a part of the 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad hall, mentioned the venture implementing company on Tuesday.
In a launch, the Nationwide Excessive Pace Rail Company Ltd (NHSRCL) mentioned the work is being carried out as a part of package-C3 of the bullet practice venture extending from Shilphata to Zaroli village on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border.
Geotechnical investigation for the entire 135 km stretch is nearing completion. Work on two of the mountain tunnels has additionally commenced on this area and pier basis work has began at a number of areas, mentioned the discharge. The discharge mentioned casting yards are being developed for full span and section casting of girders.
Package deal C-3 of the bullet practice venture is 135.45-km-long and contains viaducts and bridges spanning 24.027 km together with earth buildings masking 5.361 km. It additionally includes 36 bridges and crossings, together with 12 metal bridges, mentioned NHSRCL.
Moreover, the venture has six mountain tunnels and one cut-and-cover tunnel, in addition to essential river crossings over Ulhas, Vaitarna, and Jagani rivers, the discharge mentioned.
Within the part, three bullet practice stations will come up at Thane, Virar, and Boisar. Apart from, NHSRCL has began the development of India’s first undersea tunnel with a size of 21km between underground stations at Bandra-Kurla Advanced (in Mumbai) and Shilphata (adjoining Thane district) as a part of the venture, mentioned the discharge.
The tunnel work is finished utilizing three boring machines. These machines are getting used to make about 16km of the portion and the remaining 5km will likely be by New Austrian Tunnelling Technique (NATM), it mentioned.
The overall price of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Excessive Pace Rail Hall is pegged at Rs 1.08 lakh crore and as per the shareholding sample, the Authorities of India is to pay Rs 10,000 crore to the NHSRCL, whereas the 2 states concerned, Gujarat and Maharashtra, are to pay Rs 5,000 crore every.
The remainder is to be funded by Japan by a mortgage at 0.1 per cent curiosity, mentioned the discharge.
