L&T Bags âSignificantâ Contract To Supply 28 Steel Bridges For Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project
A bullet train (Photo via NHRSCL Website)
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has received a significant contract for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project, which is the countryâs first high speed rail corridor project,
Financial Express.
The infrastructure firm has not provided the value of the contract. However, the deal falls under the âsignificantâ category, which generally costs between Rs 1000-2500 crore according to the classification of contracts.
L&T had partnered with Japanâs IHI Infrastructure System (IIS) for the contract under which they will procure, fabricate, assemble, paint and transport 28 steel bridges for the project.
Updated Jan 25, 2021 | 23:13 IST
It is estimated that about 70,000 MT of steel will be used for the fabrication of these bridges and Indian steel industries and their allied supply chains will get a big boost, NHSRCL said. Bullet train project: Consortium of L&T, Japanese firm bags Rs 1,390 crore contract for steel bridges
A consortium of construction major Larsen and Toubro and Japanese IHI Infrastructure Systems on Monday bagged the Rs 1,390-crore contract for procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited said.
These bridges will be built over railway lines, rivers, highways, roads and other structures, it said in a statement.
Bullet train project: Consortium of L&T, Japanese firm bags Rs 1,390 crore contact for steel bridges
The NHSRCL has already awarded civil contracts for the construction of 64 per cent of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor alignment which includes a train depot at Surat, a mountain tunnel of 350 metre and five HSR stations Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch and Anand/Nadiad. PTI
Bullet train
A consortium of construction major Larsen and Toubro and Japanese IHI Infrastructure Systems on Monday bagged the Rs 1,390-crore contract for procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited said. These bridges will be built over railway lines, rivers, highways, roads and other structures, it said in a statement.
Delhi-Varanasi Bullet Train: Fares To Be Between Rs 1,200-Rs 3,400; High-Speed Corridor To Have 11 Stations
by Arun Kumar Das - Jan 16, 2021 03:37 AM
JR East E5 series shinkansen set U3 approaching Omiya Station on the âHayabusa 4â service to Tokyo . (Wikipedia)
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The indicative fares of the Delhi-Varanasi High Speed Corridor are ranging between 1.3 to 1.5 times of the Executive Class fares running in the sections
It would cost Rs 1,200 for Agra and Rs 3,400 for Varanasi from the national capital in the Delhi-Varanasi bullet train as the detailed project report (DPR) of the proposed high speed corridor has suggested.
The DPR prepared by the National High Speed Rail Corporation has kept the train fare for Lucknow at Rs 2,300 and Rs 2,900 for Ayodhya.
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