Bullet train project: Bids issued for underground tunnel construction
The National High Speed Rail Corporation invited bids Friday for the construction of a 21-km underground tunnel in Maharashtra for the bullet train project, an official statement said, in a signal that the marquee project has crossed land acquisition hurdles in the state.
The tunnel is the biggest and most complex piece of civil engineering work for the 502-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train corridor. A 7-km stretch of the tunnel will be under the sea.
Non-availability of land in Maharashtra was a major reason the tender was cancelled in 2021.
As reported by The Indian Express earlier this month, the work on the project has picked up pace after the change in government in Maharashtra, with tenders which were previously floated and withdrawn being renewed again.
