After the National National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) opened technical bids , Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure are the only firms that have submitted bids to build the 20.377 km Package C-2 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train).
Package C2 of the main line will be entirely underground and will consist of roughly 3 km “undersea” twin tunnels beneath Thane Creek between chainage Km 0.773 (BandraKurla Complex Station) and Km 21.150 (Shilphata). The appointed contractor must use at least three Mega TBMs with a diameter of approximately 14.5 metres.
NHSRCL sought bids for this package in 2019, but received none, and then again in November 2021, which was cancelled in February 2022.
