Author Archive for: TMRG

Tata’s TBM Kurinji for Chennai Metro’s Line-5 Starts Tunneling

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Wednesday commissioned their first tunnel boring…

20 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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NCC Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Package C4B for 9 Stations

April 25, 2025 Update: KRIDE has issued LOA to NCC with a contract valued at…

18 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T Casts Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st Set of U-Girders

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday poured concrete to cast their first…

18 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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IRCON Wins Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Power Supply & E&M Contract CA-233

June 25, 2025 Update: MMRDA has awarded IRCON with a Rs. 668.15 crore contract….

16 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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IRCON – Jakson JV Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Power Supply & E&M Contract CA-236

IRCON International – Jakson Ltd. JV on Wednesday was declared as the…

16 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T – Alstom Win Mumbai Metro Line 4’s Rolling Stock & Signaling Contract CA-234

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to…

15 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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5 Bidders for Hyderabad Regional Ring Road Southern Section’s DPR Consultant

Five design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed…

12 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 6 Comments
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HGIEL Launches Delhi Metro’s U-Girders at Mongolpuri over Railway Line

H.G. Infra Engineering (HGIEL) this week launched two pre-stressed concrete…

08 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Station Finishing Contracts Awarded for 13 Stations

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in January awarded…

04 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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6th OWG for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Launched over WDFC near Surat

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) on Friday completed launching their sixth…

03 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 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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