Bullet train launch on fast track, PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone next month

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Is it so hard to use Google? Anyways here it is.

Project status
2020

• July : 60% of required land was acquired and the rest was "almost on the verge of completion." Civil works tenders covering 68% corridor (345 km out of 508 km, of 245 km 77% land in Gujarat, 80% in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 22% in Maharashtra) and a separate tender for 28 steel bridges have been allocated, remaining tendering process is underway.[117]
• October : Contract signed for 47% of the total length of the project. The contract awarded lies in the state of Gujarat.[118]
• November : Contract awarded for further stretch of 88 km taking the total to 64% of the total length of 508 km.[119]

2021

• February : Larsen and Toubro (L&T) begins Pier Work for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed corridor.[120]
• May : Larsen and Toubro (L&T) started pouring concrete to cast the first pier of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed corridor.[121]
• June : Newly appointed Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the entire project. According to PTI report, 1,035 hectare had been acquired out of the total of 1,396 hectares of land required for the project. Out of the 74% land acquired till this date, the majority of 96% falls in Gujarat, while only 25% falls in the state of Maharashtra. Besides, 96% of the land needed for the project in Dadra and Nagar Haveli had already been acquired.[122]
• July : National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) invites bids for design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of Sabarmati Depot consisting of workshop, inspection sheds, various buildings, maintenance facilities and associated works. December 2, 2021 would be the last date for submission of bids.[123]
• August : NHSRCL casts first full height pier on Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor. The exact height of the cast pier is 13.05 metres. The pier is cast with 183 cubic metres of concrete quantity and 18.820 MT of steel.[124]
• September : On 10 September Larsen and Toubro (L&T) made first indigenously designed and manufactured 'Full Span Launching Equipment-Straddle Carrier and Girder Transporter' to expedite the construction of viaduct for Mumbai- Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor.[125] As of 29 September the 50 km-stretch from Surat to Bilimora is expected to be operational by 2026, while the rest of Gujarat's portion is expected to be completed by 2024.[126]
• October : The joint venture of IRCON International and DRA Infracon won package C7 on 4 October comprising viaduct between Anand and Sabarmati, including 2 HSR stations at Sabarmati and Ahmedabad.[127][128][129][130] NHSRCL then invited the bids for the tunnelling work on 21 kilometres underground, including a 7 kilometre long undersea tunnel, as of 30 October.[131]
• November : Casting of 970-tonne full span pre-stressed concrete (PSC) box girder launched at near Naslipore village, Navsari district, Gujarat.[132]

Isn't the entire line supposed to be open by 2022? It seems very little construction has been done. Can India finish the entire line in one year?

 

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Isn't the entire line supposed to be open by 2022? It seems very little construction has been done. Can India finish the entire line in one year?

I wouldn't be surprised if its under construction in 2031. Regardless, the "estimated" time frame is 2029.

 

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Isn't the entire line supposed to be open by 2022? It seems very little construction has been done. Can India finish the entire line in one year?

Why not. The section they want to open is only 100 kms from Surat to somewhere
Chinese did in 18 months for Shanghai to Hangzhou HSR back in 2010. It's 11 years later now. By Indian standard, India is only 10 year behind China so they can do it.

 

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Why not. The section they want to open is only 100 kms from Surat to somewhere
Chinese did in 18 months for Shanghai to Hangzhou HSR back in 2010. It's 11 years later now. By Indian standard, India is only 10 year behind China so they can do it.

That's news to me. They originally claimed that the ENTIRE line was supposed to be open by 2022. When and why did they reduce their goal to only 100km?

 

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That's news to me. They originally claimed that the ENTIRE line was supposed to be open by 2022. When and why did they reduce their goal to only 100km?

Well they couldn't get all the land and Japanese is not happy about it. Also Modi wants to show at least the project is still on. So they started the construction of the section all the land acquisition is done. It is also used for training purpose. I believe the section is from Surat to Vapi. The other sections will be starting once the land acquisition is done.

 

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By Indian standard, India is only 10 year behind China so they can do it.

I'm curious, but where have you heard that India is only 10 years behind China?

 

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I'm curious, but where have you heard that India is only 10 years behind China?

By some Indians. I didn't say this. But I have never been in India. Years ago two Canadians brothers did a motorcycle trip around the China's border highways. Later they did a similar trip in India. During an interview for a UK radio the host asked one of them a question to compare India and China. Colin Pyle said China is 50 years ahead of India easily. The video is 8 year ago. Here is the link. Listen what he said at 41'