L&T bags Rs 7,000 crore order to construct part of Bullet Train project
NEW DELHI: Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said it has bagged an order worth over Rs 7,000 crore to construct a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as the Bullet Train Project. The engineering and construction company, however, did not provide the exact value of the contract, but […]
NHSRCL opens bids for 28 steel bridges, 88 km viaducts for Bullet train project
NEW DELHI:Giving pace to the ambitious 508 km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor project, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Friday said that it has opened technical bids for 28 steel bridges and 88 km of viaducts between Vadodara and Ahmedabad in which eight companies participated including a consortium of Indian […]
Coronavirus snag in bullet train project, may fail to meet 2023 deadline
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, which is scheduled to be completed by December 2023, may fail to meet its deadline due to the coronavirus pandemic that has led to delays in opening tenders and land acquisition, officials said. The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) has already acquired 63 per cent of the […]
Tenders worth Rs 88,000 crore for bullet train project by January next year: Report
NEW DELHI: The National High Speed Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is gearing to float more than 20 tenders for the bullet train project by January next year, sources in the railway ministry said. The tenders amounting to Rs 88,000 crore will be for coaches, infrastructure, signalling, technology, among others, the source said. Amid local resistance against […]
40 new petitions in Gujarat High Court against land acquisition for bullet train project
AHMEDABAD: As many as 40 new petitions have been filed in the Gujarat High Court by farmers challenging the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is likely to hear the petitions on Thursday along with similar pleas submitted […]
About 1,000 farmers oppose bullet train project in Gujarat High Court
AHMEDABAD: As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is hearing five petitions challenging the land acquisition process for the high speed rail […]