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  • ‘Unravel pending problems for bullet teach mission’: NHSRCL to Maharashtra govt

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Expecting a metamorphosis in Maharashtra’s stand at the Centre’s formidable bullet teach mission with a brand new govt within the state, the Nationwide Prime-Pace Rail Company Restricted (NHSRCL) has written to the state’s leader secretary, urging him to intrude to get to the bottom of long-pending problems stalling the mission.

    The letter written by way of former NHSRCL leader Satish Agnihotri on July 7, the day he was once sacked by way of the Railway Board on fees of corruption, highlights the roadblocks for the mission in Maharashtra.

    The mission within the state had turn into a non-starter basically because of issues in relation to obtaining govt land and woodland spaces.

    With Leader Minister Eknath Shinde being supported by way of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP), officers imagine that the mission will now obtain the rush that it must take off in Maharashtra.

    Within the letter, Agnihotri has mentioned some of the essential long-pending problems, which can impact the graduation of the paintings in Maharashtra, is the clearance below the Woodland (Conservation) Act, 1980.

    He mentioned whilst the appliance for the clearance, after compliances of prerequisites and the cost of the required fees, was once submitted in March 2021, the problem continues to be pending with the Maharashtra woodland division.

    “Your sort intervention is asked in resolving aforesaid problems for offering encumbrance-free land on the earliest and expedite acquisition of last land in Thane and Palghar districts,” Agnihotri mentioned.

    He additional mentioned that the Jap were soliciting for for the most likely dates for the graduation of the civil paintings in Maharashtra because the tenders for underground stations on the Bandra Kurla Advanced (BKC) and an undersea tunnel had been cancelled after repeated postponement during the last couple of years.

    The letter additionally accommodates an inventory of 16 key places the place the mission is dealing with pendency from the Maharashtra govt because of problems associated with land acquisition, a petroleum pump that must be shifted, diversion of woodland land, the moving of a DC Earthing Station, a rolling inventory depot, the acclaim for tree transplantation or slicing proposals, amongst others.

    The growth of land acquisition in Maharashtra for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail mission has moved at a snail’s tempo with 72 in step with cent (313 hectares out of a complete requirement of 434 hectares) of the land wanted for the mission received.

    On the other hand, the bodily ownership has most effective been for 39 in step with cent of the land, which is 168 hectares.

    Then again, contracts for civil works, stations and observe paintings were awarded for all the mission duration of 352 km in Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the place 99 in step with cent of the land required for the mission has been received.

  • Bullet teach trials to be carried out at 350 kmph, related to take-off pace of airplanes

    Through PTI

    BHARUCH: The rigors of the bullet teach might be carried out at a pace of 350 kilometres according to hour, related to the take-off pace of airplanes, officers stated on Wednesday.

    The primary such trial might be held between Bilimora and Surat in Gujarat in 2026, adopted through different sections, they stated.

    The operational pace of the trains might be 320 kmph.

    “It is going to be a gamechanger for travellers and festival to air go back and forth. The bullet trains may have much less check-in time, extra leg house and maximum of all, connectivity, which is denied on-board airplanes.”

    “We can habits the rigors at 350 kmph, however the operational pace might be 320 kmph,” an authentic stated.

    The trains will run on particular tracks referred to as the “slab monitor device”, popularly referred to as HSR era for structure of tracks, patented through the Eastern.

    Trains working at a pace of 350 kmph might be are compatible to run on those tracks, the officers stated.

    The services and products will come at a fare at par with economy-class flight and is more likely to have a better free-luggage prohibit, assets stated.

    With the Meeting polls not far away in Gujarat, the thrust is on rushing up the undertaking and taking a bit up for trial, particularly in Gujarat the place the Nationwide Top Pace Rail Company Restricted (NHSRCL) has already bought 99 according to cent of the land required.

    The usage of designs procured from Japan, structure is being finished during the Complete Span Launching Way (FLSM), some of the subtle bridge structure era on the planet.

    The NHSRCL has constructed 200-250 pillars monthly between Bilimora and Surat.

    The longest (1.26 km) bridge beneath the undertaking, being constructed bearing turbulent winds and tidal waves over the Narmada river, might be finished through July 2024.

    In Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 100 according to cent of the civil contracts for the development of all of the path of 352 kilometres were awarded to Indian contractors.

    For the monitor paintings in Gujarat, contracts for 237 km have already been awarded and the ones for the rest 115 km might be awarded quickly.

    Of the 352 km, detailed Geotechnical Investigation (GTI) paintings (100-metre period) has been finished over 330 km.

    In accordance with the GTI, good-for-construction drawings were evolved for 165 km.

    The paintings on all 8 high-speed rail stations from Vapi to Sabarmati is in more than a few levels of structure, the officers stated.

    The passenger terminal hub on the Sabarmati integrating HSR, Metro, BRT and two Indian Railways stations are anticipated to be finished through August this yr.

    The full period of the bullet teach hall is 508.17 km and the teach is anticipated to take round 2 hours and 58 mins to go back and forth between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, masking 8 stations in Gujarat and 4 in Maharashtra.