Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has introduced that the Nationwide Excessive-Pace Rail Company Restricted has issued an invite for bids for the design and development of an underground station at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Advanced in addition to for tunnels wanted for the venture to construct a bullet prepare. That is the primary spherical of bids which have been requested because the Maharashtra authorities led by Shiv Sena insurgent chief Eknath Shinde took workplace. The venture, which was inactive throughout the earlier Uddhav Thackeray administration, has obtained approval from the brand new administration.
“Bids invited for design and development of Mumbai underground station and tunnels for #BulletTrain,” Vaishnaw mentioned in a tweet. Earlier this yr, the NHSRCL had cancelled tenders floated in November 2019 for the development of an underground terminus on the Bandra Kurla Advanced for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare venture after the state authorities failed handy over the land.
Bids invited for design and development of Mumbai underground station and tunnels for #BulletTrain pic.twitter.com/CfRXveQy3l
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) July 22, 2022
After floating the tenders, the NHSRCL gave virtually 11 extensions whereas ready for the land on the BKC to be handed over to it.
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Earlier, the Maharashtra authorities declared that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare venture has obtained all important permissions. State deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis made the announcement. Following the state cupboard assembly, Fadnavis acknowledged at a press convention that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has given the venture the mandatory permissions.
On the time, land acquisition and forest clearing have been talked about as a number of the remaining points. The Japan Worldwide Cooperation Company (JICA) is funding Rs. 88,000 crores of the venture’s estimated price of Rs. 1,10,000 crore. Greater than 70% of the land required for the venture in Maharashtra has been acquired within the districts of Thane and Palghar.
With inputs from PTI