The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) awarded the company package C-3 which includes a 135km alignment from Shilphata to Zaroli village comprising 124km of viaducts and bridges, six mountain tunnels, 36 crossings (including 12 steel bridges), and three elevated stations – Thane, Virar, and Boisar.
Commenting on the announcement, Larsen & Toubro’s director and senior executive vice-president (civil infrastructure), Mr SV Desai, said: “This is the second largest package which L&T has won in this prestigious MAHSR project, and we are humbled by the trust reposed in us by our client, NHSRCL. By deploying state-of-the-art construction methods and extensive digital technologies, we will endeavour to complete this project, leveraging the experience from other MAHSR packages that we are currently executing.”
The 508km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, also called the MAHSR Bullet Train project, will connect Mumbai with Ahmedabad in Gujarat. It consists of 465km of viaducts, 12 stations, three rolling stock depots, 28 steel bridges (including a 2km bridge over Vaitarna river), and nine tunnels, including India’s first undersea tunnel. The 7km subsea section is part of a 21km tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex and Shilphata in the state of Maharashtra. In June, NHSRCL awarded the contract – package C-2 – to Afcons Infrastructure.
Larsen & Toubro has already been awarded the civil and building works packages C-4 (237km); C-5 (8.2km); and C-6 (87.5km); and the ballastless trackworks package T-3.
In a consortium led by Japanese company Sojitz Corporation, Larsen & Toubro will also complete package D-2, construction of the 82ha Sabarmati Depot in Gujarat.
