National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has launched a 100-metre-long steel bridge, weighing 1,405 Metric Tonnes (MT) over NH-3 (Nashik highway) at Dive-Anjur village (Bhiwandi) in Thane under the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Project.
It is the first steel bridge completed in Maharashtra for the project. So far, 16 out of total 28 steel bridges have been completed under the project.
The project involves development of a 508.17 km long Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR corridor in Maharashtra and Gujarat with an investment of Rs 1,080 billion. It is being implemented by a special purpose vehicle (SPV), named National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), incorporated by the Ministry of Railways (MoR) and the respective state governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat with equity stake of 50:25:25 respectively. The project is the first corridor to be explored for the railway’s ambitious bullet train project and also includes a 21 km long sub-sea tunnel from Mumbai to Thane.