CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Credit: NHSRCL. India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has reached an agreement with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to deliver a viaduct for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR C-5 Package) in the state of Gujarat.

Detailed explanation-2: -Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Monday announced it has bagged a large order in the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The company said in a stock exchange statement that the project assigned by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation includes commissioning of a depot spread over around 82 hectares in Gujarat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) The country’s first ‘bullet’ train, a nickname the train gets from its bullet-like shape and speed, will traverse along west India’s landscape, covering 508.17 km distance between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in just about two hours.

Detailed explanation-4: -In May 2022, the railways business of L&T Construction was awarded the contract from NHSRCL to construct 116 route km of High-Speed Ballastless Trackworks (Package No: T3) for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project, popularly referred to as the Bullet Train Project.

Detailed explanation-5: -L&T Construction awarded yet another contract (Large*) in the Bullet Train Project.