Ceigall – SAM JV Wins Jaipur Metro Phase 2’s First Civil Contract 2C-01

Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL) – Sam India Builtwell JV on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for the first construction contract of Jaipur…

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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-11’s Interim Consultant Contract

Three firms on Tuesday submitted bids for the Interim Consultant contract of 18 km Mumbai Metro Line-11 (Green Line) which will connect Anik Bus Depot…

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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Construction Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Tuesday published their first tender notice inviting bids for the civil construction work of a portion…

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Ceigall – SAM JV Wins Jaipur Metro Phase 2’s First Civil Contract 2C-01

Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL) – Sam India Builtwell JV on Friday was declared…

18 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-11’s Interim Consultant Contract

Three firms on Tuesday submitted bids for the Interim Consultant contract of…

16 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s Construction Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Tuesday published their first…

14 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Tata’s TBM Mullai Records Chennai Metro Line-5’s 2nd Breakthrough

Back in November-end, Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) celebrated two major tunneling…

12 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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13 Bidders for Jaipur Metro Phase 2’s First Civil Contract 2C-01

Thirteen civil engineering firms in mid-December submitted bids for the first…

11 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Trial Runs Begin from Kothanur Depot

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) on Friday officially started trial…

10 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bids Invited for Lucknow Metro Line-2’s First Civil Package LKCC (02)-02

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on New Year’s Day invited…

10 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Phase 5A Approved by India’s Central Government

India’s Central Government’s Cabinet in December-end officially approved…

02 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Kalpataru – HG Infra JV Wins Thane Metro’s Construction Contract C-01

December 3, 2025: MahaMetro has issued LOA to Kalpataru – HG Infra Engineering JV November 24, 2025 Original Post: Kalpataru – HG Infra Engineering…

24 Nov 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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AYESA & SYSTRA Bid for Lucknow Metro Line-2’s Design Consultant Contract

AYESA Ingenieria y Arquitectura S.A.U and SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. this week submitted bids for Lucknow Metro Line-2‘s Detailed Design…

02 Nov 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Records Kanpur Metro Line-1’s Final TBM Breakthrough

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium last week celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Vidyarthi’s fourth breakthrough at Kanpur Central Station…

14 Oct 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons Begins Assembling 1st TBM for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train in Ghansoli

Afcons Infrastructure last week received and started assembling parts of their first tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Navi Mumbai for the 508.17 km Mumbai…

11 Oct 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 8 Comments
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ITD Cem Wins Pune Metro Swargate – Katraj Line’s Underground Contract P1A-UGC(R)

ITD Cementation today was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil construction contract of Pune Metro Purple Line‘s 5.46 km extension from…

20 Sep 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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6 Bidders for Thane Metro’s Construction Contract C-01

Six civil engineering firms have submitted bids for the first civil construction contract of the 29 km Thane Metro project after Maharashtra…

14 Sep 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 km
• Delhi: 24 December 2002 – 353.3 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 94.3 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 68.5 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 – 60.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 16 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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