The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) that is implementing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project stated that it has awarded the final civilian package (C3) contract for the 135km stretch between Shilphata and zaroli village on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border. The alignment includes seven tunnels and the longest 2km bridge over the Vaitarna River in Maharashtra.

With this, all three civilian packages of the Maharashtra section: the construction of Mumbai station (Bandra Kurla Complex) (C1), 21 km of tunnel, including 7 km of submarine tunnel (C2) and 135 km of alignment (C3), have been awarded.