New Delhi: The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Friday informed that the construction of 28 Steel bridges on the route of the Bullet Train project is estimated to create a demand of about 70,000 MT of steel, which will also give a boost to steel industries in India.
Opening the technical bids for 28 steel bridges and 88 km of the viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad for Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor the NHSRCL said, "With the opening of these bids, the technical bids covering 64 per cent (325 km of 508 km) of the total MAHSR alignment including 5 HSR stations (Vapi, Billimora, Surat, Bharuch and Anand/Nadiad) out of 12 stations and one train depot at Surat are under consideration."
Eight bidders including Tata Projects Ltd and Indo-Japanese consortium, Larsen & Toubro, participated in the procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges.
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Other companies that took part in the bidding were Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, Braithwaite & Co. Ltd, Bridge & Roof Co. Ltd, NCC Ltd, JMC Projects (India) Ltd & Rahee Infratech Ltd and ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.
The second package of NHSRCL was for the design and construction of 88 KM of the viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad in Gujarat including the construction of an elevated High-Speed Railway (HSR) Station at Anand/Nadiad, 5 bridges and 25 crossings.
The consortium of Afcons Infrastructure Limited, IRCON International Limited, and JMC Projects India Limited; NCC Limited- Tata Project Limited, J Kumar Infra Projects Limited- HSR Consortium and Larsen & Toubro Limited participated in the bidding of 88 km viaduct and Anand/Nadiad station.
Earlier this week, NHSRCL had opened the technical bids for 237 km of the viaduct between Vapi and Vadodara in Gujarat including 4 elevated HSR stations and one train depot at Surat where all three bidders had participated.
