Mumbai Ahmedabad Bullet Practice Venture: L&T designed the gear for the viaduct
A full span of state-of-the-art launching gear was flagged off at this time to expedite the development of a 325 km lengthy viaduct on the upcoming high-speed bullet prepare hall between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the gear – which features a straddle service and girder transporter, for the nation’s first bullet prepare hall by video conferencing on Thursday, September 9.
The launching gear of 1,100 MT capability is indigenously designed and manufactured by infrastructure conglomerate M/s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at Kanchipuram, Chennai, in accordance with a press release launched by the Railway Ministry at this time. A complete of 20 such launching gear will likely be required for the development of viaduct superstructures between Vapi and Ahmedabad in Gujarat alongside the high-speed railway line.
Full Span Launching Gear to expedite development of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Excessive Pace Rail Venture flagged off.
It’s Indigenously designed and manufactured.
https://t.co/fGOQCo4xxzpic.twitter.com/gcEdaX98B7— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) September 9, 2021
Greater than 97 per cent of land has been acquired for the bullet prepare undertaking in Gujarat and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 30 per cent in Maharashtra, in accordance with the federal government. The work has already begun on the 325 km route (in Gujarat) out of the entire 508 km hall between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
For the development of viaduct superstructures for the high-speed bullet prepare hall, state-of-the-art development strategies akin to full span launching methodology will likely be adopted. This will expedite the method of launching girders because the precast girders of full span size will likely be erected as a single piece for double-track viaduct.
The total span launching methodology is used internationally as it’s sooner than the section by section launching methodology, normally adopted for the development of viaducts for the metro techniques.
India is now among the many choose group of nations akin to Korea, Italy, Norway, and China which have been designing and manufacturing such gear for infrastructure tasks.
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare hall will scale back the journey time between the 2 main cities to virtually two-three hours, with stoppages in any respect 12 stations alongside its route, in accordance with Nationwide Excessive-Pace Rail Company Restricted (NHSRCL) – chargeable for the event, execution, and upkeep of the bullet prepare undertaking.