22 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro Phulapokhari Depot’s Contract BBC-02

Twenty two firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of Bhubaneswar Metro Phase 1 project’s Phulapokhari Depot & Workshop…

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Afcons’ Agra Metro TBM Shivaji Records Breakthrough at RBS College

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium earlier this month quietly celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-718C’s breakthrough at RBS College…

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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM Buddha Records 2nd Tunnel Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday celebrated their second tunnel breakthrough at Patna University Station for 30.91 km Patna Metro Phase 1 project’s…

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22 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro Phulapokhari Depot’s Contract BBC-02Afcons’ Agra Metro TBM Shivaji Records Breakthrough at RBS CollegeL&T’s Patna Metro TBM Buddha Records 2nd Tunnel Breakthrough

22 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro Phulapokhari Depot’s Contract BBC-02

Twenty two firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of Bhubaneswar…

17 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons’ Agra Metro TBM Shivaji Records Breakthrough at RBS College

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium earlier this month quietly celebrated…

15 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM Buddha Records 2nd Tunnel Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday celebrated their second tunnel breakthrough…

15 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons Begins Jaipur Metro Phase 1C’s Construction Work

Afcons Infrastructure this weekend officially started underground construction…

14 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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4 Bidders for Bhandara – Gadchiroli Expressway’s Construction in Maharashtra

Besides the 127 km Nagpur – Gondia Expressway and 182 km Nagpur…

14 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line 3’s Trial Runs Extended to Dadar Station

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) this Tuesday extended trial runs (train…

12 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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8 Bidders for Nagpur – Gondia Expressway’s 4 Construction Contracts

8 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 20 bids to construct the…

12 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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9 Bidders for Nagpur – Chandrapur Expressway’s 6 Construction Contracts

9 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 22 bids to construct the…

12 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Pune Metro Swargate – Katraj Line’s Geotechnical Work Begins

Myrtle Project and Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. has officially started soil investigation work for Pune Metro Purple Line‘s 5.46 km extension from Swargate…

11 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DP Jain Begins Casting Nagpur Metro Phase 2 Viaduct’s Segments

D.P. Jain & Co. Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday began pouring concrete to cast their first box segment for 6.92 km Package C-01 in Reach 2A of…

10 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s Pakal Dul HEP TBM Askini Starts Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro in April commissioned tunnel boring machine (TBM) Askini – their 2nd Herrenknecht machine for constructing head-race tunnels of the…

08 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Begins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s D-Wall Work for Victoria Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has officially started construction work on Victoria Memorial Station of 15.215 km Kolkata Metro Line-3 (Purple Line)’s…

05 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Structcon Awarded Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-04

The winner of another Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract is now known to me. Back in December 2023, Structcon Designs was awarded a Rs. 24 lakh…

04 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Sam India Begins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Underground Work at Indira Nagar

After URC Construction last month, Sam India Builtwell has now also officially started construction work on 45.4 km Chennai Metro Line-3 which will connnect…

30 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.68 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 72.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 46.5 km
• Jaipur: 3 June 2015 – 12 km
• Chennai: 29 June 2015 – 54.1 km
• Kochi: 19 June 2017 – 27.9 km
• Lucknow: 6 September 2017 – 22.9 km
• Hyderabad: 29 November 2017 – 67 km
• Noida-Gr. Noida: 25 January 2019 – 29.7 km
• Ahmedabad: 6 March 2019 – 37.9 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 29.7 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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