The Government of India has decided to widen the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train link to the national capital Delhi. On Tuesday the National High-Speed Railway Corporation of India extended the new bullet train route till Delhi.
The news comes at a backdrop of the Mumbai Government’s decision to revive the bullet rail project. Which has raised concern about the construction of the Mumbai-Ahmadabad Bullet train project? Apart from this new plan, the NHSRC gave go-ahead to seven new corridors which will include 2 in Mumbai,1 in Hyderabad, and 1 in Nagpur.
“Yes, the NHSRCL is in the process of preparation of a Detailed Project Report for new high-speed rail corridors and we have let out an assignment for data collection and associated survey work for the Delhi-Jaipur-Udaipur-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor which will be approximately 886 km.
The tracks alignment of the proposed corridor has been planned within and/or along the existing/planned Highway/Expressway and Railways land, keeping in view the speed and constructability requirements. The expected path of the mainline (excluding facilities) will be approximately 17.5 m (± 5 m) depending on the project requirement,” the National High-Speed Railway Corporation Senior officials said.
He further explained that the Detailed Project Report identify crossings along existing rail lines, road and rivers, heritage structures on the way and historical monuments, tombs, ASI sites along with religious structures, etc. It will also be important to collect hydrological data for water bodies, rainfall, and other geotechnical data.
India is fast becoming an economic powerhouse of the world. Overtaking China in GDP race. Several infrastructure development projects are already in place. So far High-speed rail projects in the development stage include Delhi-Varanasi (865km), Mumbai-Nagpur (753km), Delhi-Ahmedabad (886km), Chennai-Mysore (435km), Delhi-Amritsar (459km), Mumbai-Hyderabad (711km), and Varanasi-Howrah (760km).
