Three major bidders in race to bag Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Three bidders involving seven major infrastructural companies have participated in the competitive bidding for one of the biggest tenders covering 47 per cent of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) alignment and four stations.
Afcons Infrastructure Limited - IRCON International Limited - JMC Projects India Ltd- Consortium, Larsen & Toubro Ltd and NCC Limited - Tata Project Ltd.- J Kumar Infra Projects Ltd. - HSR Consortium have shown interest in technical bids for the design and construction of 237 km length of mainline for Mumbai- Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, opened by National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Wednesday.
This tender covers about 47 per cent of the total alignment of 508 km, between Vapi and Vadodara in the state of Gujarat. This includes four stations namely Vapi, Billimora, Surat and Bharuch, 24 river, and 30 road crossings.
This entire section is in Gujarat where more than 83 per cent of the land has been acquired for the project.
The MAHSR project alone will create more than 90,000 direct and indirect jobs during the project's construction. Not just the employment market but production and manufacturing market are also expected to gain with the project.
It is estimated that close to 75 lakh MT of cement, 21 lakh MT of steel, and 1.4 lakh MT of structural steel will be used in the construction and all of which shall be produced in India. In addition to this, large construction machinery is another market that will gain big time through the project. (ANI)