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In order to assemble 21-km-long tunnel, seven km of which shall be below the ocean for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HighSpeed Rail Corridor, the National High Speed Railway Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has invited bids for the transfer.
The work on the hall has gained momentum after the change in authorities in Maharashtra, with tenders, which have been beforehand floated and withdrawn, being renewed once more, sources mentioned.
Considered the spotlight of the challenge, the tunnel shall be constructed between the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in Thane district of Maharashtra.
The tunnel shall be constructed utilizing tunnel boring machine and the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), in accordance to the tender doc.
The seven-km undersea tunnel at Thane Creek would be the first undersea tunnel to come up within the nation.
In November final yr, NHSRCL had invited bids for underground tunnelling works for the challenge. But it was cancelled this yr with officers citing “administrative reasons”.
In 2019, NHSRCL had first invited tenders for the challenge however did not entice any bidder. It once more floated tenders in November 2021.
Land acquisition for the challenge in Maharashtra, together with at Bandra-Kurla Complex, had been a festering problem through the earlier state authorities, sources mentioned.
(With company inputs)
