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Mumbai: To expedite development on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Prepare Project, authorities non-public determined to produce basically the most of a Tunnel Dreary Machine (TBM) for constructing the dear tunnel. A specifically designed machine for this motive is being manufactured in Japan and will come in Mumbai within three months. It's foremost to inform that whereas the bullet prepare work in Gujarat is progressing without note, the direct in Mumbai is diverse, with the project stalled for the previous three months.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Pleased With Development

In step with the Maharashtra Times document, work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare project is nearing completion. On Saturday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the below-building tunnel and expressed pride with the project’s development. Talking to the newshounds, Vaishnaw said that the produce for the underwater tunnel has been finalized and is being constructed with great precision.

Listed below are some of basically the vital details:

• The project involves a 21-kilometer-prolonged tunnel, with a seven-kilometer stretch operating below Thane Creek.
• This tunnel will join the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) situation to Shilphata.
• It's miles the dear of its kind in India to be constructed below the sea.
• In step with the Mumbai bullet prepare building belief, two TBMs (Tunnel Dreary Machines) non-public been anticipated to accept October 2024, with a 3rd TBM scheduled for 2025.
• The valuable two TBMs non-public been to complete tunneling from Ghansoli (Savli) to Vikhroli and from Vikhroli to the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) by December 2024.
• The excavation work for the third TBM is planned for 2025.
• Afcons Infrastructure has been awarded the contract to excavate a 21-kilometer-prolonged tunnel between BKC and Shilphata.
• This involves a 7-kilometer-prolonged underwater tunnel beneath the creek. The tunnel will be positioned at a depth starting from 25 to 65 meters below ground diploma.
• Its deepest point will be 114 meters beneath the Parsik Hill.

NHSRCL Managing Director Vivek Kumar Gupta said that the building of the TBM (Tunnel Dreary Machine) is presently underway in Japan and the machine will come in two to a couple of months. The scale of the TBM for the bullet prepare will be greater when compared to the TBM outdated for metropolis metros. While metros utilize TBMs with a diameter of spherical 5-6 meters, the TBM for the bullet prepare may non-public a diameter of 13.1 meters.

What Will Be the Velocity of the Prepare?

The Railway Ministry said that the tunnel has been designed to allow two trains to accelerate back and forth at speeds of as a lot as 250 kilometers per hour. Measures non-public also been utilized to prioritize environmental conservation, together with good air stream and lighting fixtures. Additionally, building on the 340-kilometer stretch of the project is advancing simply.