Aerial LiDAR survey begins for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited NHSRCL on Monday said it has once again started the Aerial LiDAR survey for the MumbaiAhmedabad bullet train project to capture the data related to the vertical ground profileNHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said The Aerial LiDAR survey for capturing the data related to vertical profile of the MumbaiAhmedabad high speed rail HSR corridor for 88 km between Ahmedabad and Vadodara and 237 km from Vadodara to Vapi all in Gujarat started on MondayShe said that the study will help to set the vertical ground profile along the alignment which shall be the basis for subsequent design including the pier design along the MumbaiAhmedabad HSR corridorGaur added that the aerial survey with LiDAR equipment and highresolution camera mounted on Aircraft can cover 200 km alignment in a dayThe required data is expected to be captured in two flights over 34 days she saidAccording to NHSRCL the aerial LiDAR survey was first used on the same corridor It has recently carried out the LiDAR survey for other proposed high speed corridors in the countryPrime Minister Narendra Modi and the then Japan Premier Shinzo Abe on September 14 2017 laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 108 lakh crore 17 billion projectThe initial deadline to complete the project is December 2023The bullet trains are expected to run at 320 km per hour covering the 508 km stretch in about two hours In comparison trains currently plying on the route take over seven hours to travel the distance whereas flights take about an hourAccording to the NHSRCL officials the LiDAR survey is being carried out on the 325 km route for two tender packages C4 and C6Larsen and Toubro has bagged the C6 package for the MumbaiAhmedabad high speed rail project popularly referred to as the bullet train project from the NHSRCLTender package C6 is the third longest package of the entire project and connects Vadodara with Ahmedabad through one station and a minor depot at AnandNadiadIt involves the design and construction of civil and building works including testing and commissioning on design build lump sum price basis for a double line high speed railway involving 875 km of viaducts and bridges 25 crossing bridges a tunnel 9750 km of roads one station a maintenance depot 4 submaintenance depots and a host of other associated structuresThe tender was awarded to LampT in November last yearThe LampT has also bagged the C4 package of Rs 24985 crore that constitutes 4666 per cent of the project last yearThe C4 tender package between Vapi Zaroli Village on MaharashtraGujarat Border and Vadodara in the state of Gujarat includes four stations namely Vapi Billimora Surat and Bharuch and Surat Depot The tender was awarded to LampT in December last yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever