<p class="bodytext">Reviving the fading dream of a bullet train on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru route, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRL) has called two separate tenders for identifying preliminary route and final alignment design for the project, along with five other corridors across the country with a total length of 8,218 km.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The development comes days after the union government allotted Rs 5,600 crore for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor sanctioned two years ago. The project is facing several hurdles, especially in land acquisition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Introducing the project to the bidders, NHSRL said it would be ushering India into the club of about 15 countries in the world using high-speed rail (HSR) system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The six corridors identified are: Delhi-Varanasi (865 km), Delhi-Ahmedabad (886 km), Delhi-Amritsar (459 km), Mumbai-Nashik-Nagpur (753 km), Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad 711 km and Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru (435 km).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work on preliminary route alignment, likely to be awarded by June, has a deadline of six months. The work on designing final alignment, including LiDAR aerial survey and related works, will have to be completed in 470 days after awarding of the contract.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Reviving the fading dream of a bullet train on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru route, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRL) has called two separate tenders for identifying preliminary route and final alignment design for the project, along with five other corridors across the country with a total length of 8,218 km.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The development comes days after the union government allotted Rs 5,600 crore for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor sanctioned two years ago. The project is facing several hurdles, especially in land acquisition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Introducing the project to the bidders, NHSRL said it would be ushering India into the club of about 15 countries in the world using high-speed rail (HSR) system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The six corridors identified are: Delhi-Varanasi (865 km), Delhi-Ahmedabad (886 km), Delhi-Amritsar (459 km), Mumbai-Nashik-Nagpur (753 km), Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad 711 km and Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru (435 km).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work on preliminary route alignment, likely to be awarded by June, has a deadline of six months. The work on designing final alignment, including LiDAR aerial survey and related works, will have to be completed in 470 days after awarding of the contract.</p>
