Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail project celebrates completion of first mountain tunnel

The National High Speed Railway Corporation (NHSRCL) has successfully completed work on the first mountain tunnel for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor project..

The tunnel is situated about one kilometer from Zaroli village in Umbergaon in Valsad district of Gujarat. NHSRCL has achieved a major milestone by completing work on the first tunnel in less than ten months..

In addition, the tunnel construction includes several elements, including the tunnel itself, the tunnel portal, and other related structures such as the tunnel entrance cover..

The MAHSR corridor project is intended to include seven mountain tunnels, all of which will be built using the innovative New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM)..