HIGH SPEED RAIL IN INDIA. February 2011 update
Date
February 23, 2011
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This is our "HIGH SPEED RAIL IN INDIA" monthly update.If you are a frequent visitor you already know that feasibility studies for six high speed corridors will be developed. These rail corridors are the following:(Updated July 30th 2011)
b) Delhi- Chandigarh - Amritsar.
e) Hyderabad - Dornakal - Vijayawada - Chennai. Tender closed June 15th
f) Chennai -Bangalore - Coimbatore - Ernakulam
Bids were to be submitted by August but they were not. It hit speed breakers over the legal framework the project was to be implemented under.In 2006, the Karnataka government proposed to implement the project under the Mysore Tramway Act 1905, but with the new airport located outside the jurisdiction of the city corporation or the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike, where the Act is not applicable, the government has been forced to stall the project indefinitely while it pursues a legal resolution.
The central empowered committee has not only approved the much-awaited high speed rail line (HSRL), but also agreed to take up project on a 50:50 basis, thus, reducing the state's burden."We have reached an agreement with the Central government to make amendments in the Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978, and after completing formalities, we will finalise the tender process by the first week of March" said V Madhu, principal secretary, infrastructure development department. The work will begin in June, as land acquisition process will be completed by then, he said.2. Full stop to Mumbai-Nagpur high speed trainThe cabinet had approved the proposal and a feasibility study was conducted by German consulting major Vossing. In its pre-feasibility report submitted to the government around two years ago, Vossing had said that the high speed train was a viable proposition. However, the proposal seems to have been dumped.3. Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project cost escalatesSources said the Centre is likely to make some important announcements on the project in the upcoming Budget session of the Parliament, and the state government is keeping its fingers crossed.Sources added that the state government may allow a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, in which case the cost sharing formula may differ. The state's final share in the project cost will be decided only after the Centre clears the issue, which is likely during the upcoming Budget session, they said.An official said the total base construction cost has been estimated at Rs 49,000 crore (in economical condition) and investment in rolling stock (base case) will come to around Rs 6,800 crore. "This cost may increase up to Rs 85,555 crore depending on the choice of alignment and time period and other factors," an official said.- Linkedin group- PPP News on Twitter
