India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) selected Larsen & Toubro as the lowest bidder to build the 135.45 km Package C-3 of the 508.17 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project.
The elevated Package C3 will connect Shilphata and Zaroli in Maharashtra and has three elevated stations at Thane, Virar, and Boisar. A separate civil construction contract, Package D1, which got four bids in May, will be used to build Thane Depot.
In November 2022, NHSRCL issued a call for bids for the building of C3, with an unspecified budget and a deadline for completion of 1704 days (4.66 years). Four companies, three of which were part of a consortium, submitted technical bids, which were made public in April.
