Bullet Train Project May Fail To Meet 2023 Deadline Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

An area of Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail passage is most likely to be tendered out in 3 months (File)

New Delhi:

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train job, which is arranged to be finished by December 2023, might stop working to satisfy its due date due to the coronavirus pandemic that has actually caused hold-ups in opening tenders and land acquisition, authorities stated.

The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) has actually currently obtained 63 percent of the land for the job– about 77% land in Gujarat, 80% in Dadar Nagar Haveli and 22% in Maharashtra. Authorities stated there are still concerns in obtaining land in locations like Palghar in Maharashtra and Navsari in Gujarat.

Last year, the business had actually drifted 9 civil work tenders which might not be opened due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities stated.

” Because of COVID we needed to hold off the opening of a few of the tenders. It is tough to evaluate the effect of the pandemic on the job as it is still continuing. We can not state how the pandemic will impact the job as I do not understand the length of time it will last,” NHSRCL MD Achal Khare stated.

Officially, the NHSRCL representative kept that the due date for the job stayed 2023.

One of the civil work agreements for building of stations, bridges, viaducts, upkeep depots, and tunnels throughout the network is to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore.

Tenders for civil works for 345 kms out of 508 kms positioning, or 68 percent of civil works, have actually currently been drifted. This consists of 6 MAHSR stations (consisting of one underground station in Mumbai). The works connected to energy diversion are advancing well and the building of Sabarmati guest center (a multi modal center) in Sabarmati, Gujarat has actually likewise begun.

The hostel structure of High Speed Training Institute (which is currently being utilized for COVID clients) and training tracks in Vadodara are likewise finished.

The 508.17-kilometre long network will travel through 3 districts in Maharashtra (Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar) and 8 districts in Gujarat (Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, and Ahmedabad).

Apart from land acquisition, another significant cause for hold-up might be cost escalation owing to a fall in the rupee versus the Japanese yen.

The overall expense of the job is pegged at Rs 1.08 lakh crore and according to the shareholding pattern, the Government of India is to pay Rs 10,000 crore to the NHSRCL, while the 2 states included, Gujarat and Maharashtra, are to pay Rs 5,000 crore each. The rest is to be paid by Japan through a loan at 0.1 percent interest.

One area of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail passage is most likely to be tendered out within 3 months after almost 90 percent of the land acquisition for the job is finished, an authorities stated.

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