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Big update on Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, construction of bridge over Cauvery river completed

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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is going on in full swing. This train is going to change the experience of railway travel in our country forever. The first bullet train is going to run between Mumbai-Ahmedabad, for which along with the railway track work is also going on to build a tunnel in the deep water under the Arabian Sea. Meanwhile, the construction of a bridge for the bullet train on the Kaveri river in Navsari district has been completed. Out of the 20 bridges to be built in Gujarat, the work of bridges on 11 rivers has been completed. According to reports, the work of the bridge on the Kaveri river in Navsari district was completed on August 25. If we know about other details of this bridge, the length of the bridge is 120 meters. It consists of 3 full span girders (40 m each). The height of the piers of the bridge is 13 to 21 meters. It has one pillar of 4 meter diameter and three pillars of 5 meter diameter.

The total cost of the project is estimated at Rs 1.08 lakh crore:

Apart from this, the track bed for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed ​​Rail Corridor track system from reinforced concrete used in Japanese Shinkansen is also underway. The total cost of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed ​​Rail Corridor project has been estimated at Rs 1.08 lakh crore. As per the shareholding pattern, the central government will pay Rs 10,000 crore to NHSRCL, while the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra will pay Rs 5,000 crore. The rest of the cost will be borne by a loan from Japan at 0.1 percent interest. The foundation stone of the bullet train project was laid in Ahmedabad in September 2017. The train will cover a distance of more than 500 km in two hours. The bridge is between Vapi and Belimora bullet train stations. The construction of bridges over Kolak, Par and Auranga rivers between these two stations has also been completed. The river is one of the tributaries of the Ambika River, which originates in the hills of Vansda Taluka in the border region of Gujarat State with Maharashtra State. Kaveri River, 46 km from Vapi Bullet Train Station. And Belimora is at a distance of 04 km from Bullet Train Station.

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