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The three river bridges in Gujarat. (Twitter)
The first river bridge has been completed on the Borna River, the second on the Mindhola River and the third on the Ambika River. There will be a total of 24 river bridges on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed ​​Rail (MAHSR) corridor.
With great progress being made, the National High Speed ​​Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has built three river bridges in a period of one month for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed ​​Rail (MAHSR), also known as the bullet train project.
In a statement released on Sunday, NHSRCL said that all these bridges are in Gujarat and are located between Bilimora and Surat stations for the bullet train project.
On the rivers Borna, Mandola and Ambika
The first river bridge over the Borna River in Navsari district has been completed. The 360-meter-long bridge consists of nine full-span girders. Continuous monitoring of the high and low tides of the Arabian Sea was carried out during construction. She added that the foundation work was difficult as the water level in the river would rise from 5 to 6 meters during high tide.
The second river bridge has been completed on the Mindhola River, also in Navsari district. It is 240 meters long and has six full-span girders.
The third river bridge has been completed on the Ambika River, again in Navsari district. This 200-meter-long bridge spans five full-span girders. NHSRCL said the construction of the third bridge was a challenging task as there was a steep slope of the river bank and underground rock layers during the rubble.
In all, there will be 24 river bridges over the MAHSR corridor in Gujarat and Maharashtra, 20 of which are in Gujarat and four in Maharashtra. So far, four river bridges of the MAHSR corridor have been completed in the past six months.
The longest river bridge (2.28 km) will be built on the Vaitarna River in Maharashtra and another one with a length of 1.2 km is being built on the Narmada River, Gujarat.
In the statement, Rajendra Prasad, Managing Director, NHSRCL said that constructing bridges over rivers is a major challenge and careful planning is required.
“While constructing the bridges over the Mindhola and Borna rivers, the tide from the Arabian Sea was closely monitored. Our engineers worked at a height of 26 meters to build the bridge over the Ambika River.
Work started in September 2017
High speed trains will operate on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed ​​Rail corridor at a speed of 320 km/h covering a distance of 508 km and 12 stations.
There will be 35 trains a day in one direction, with an average of 20 minutes in peak hours and 30 minutes in off-peak hours.
The total length of the express train corridor is divided into three states/UTs – 156 km in Maharashtra, 4 km in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 384 km in Gujarat.
Work on the country’s first bullet train started in September 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for the project.
The total cost of the MAHSR project was estimated at Rs. 1,08,000 crore in 2015. However, the final cost of the project will only be ascertained after the completion of land acquisition, completion of all contract packages and associated schedules.
About 81% of the cost of MAHSR is borne by the Government of Japan and the remainder is provided through equity by the shareholders – Government of India (Ministry of Railways) (50%), Government of Gujarat (25%) and Government of Maharashtra (25%).
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