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13 Bidders for Bangalore-Vijayawada Expressway’s Construction Work

13 firms have submitted a total of 34 bids for the construction of 518 km Bengaluru…

04 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 18 Comments
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HG Infra Wins Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Contract DC01A

January 18, 2023 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to HG Infra Engineeing with a contract…

04 Jan 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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HG Infra Wins Karnal Ring Road’s Construction Contract

H.G. Infra Engineering Limited (HGIEL) earlier this month emerged as the…

30 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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Afcons-SAM’s Agra Metro TBM 215 Lowered at Ramleela Maidan

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India JV in the past fortnight lowered parts of…

29 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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JMC Launches Kanpur Metro KNPCC-07’s 1st Pier Cap

JMC Projects on Tuesday night erected their first 9.5m wide pier cap in Kidwai…

29 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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MEIL – HCC Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train BKC Station’s Work

March 13, 2023: NHSRCL today awarded MEIL – HCC JV with Mumbai Ahmedabad…

28 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 22 Comments
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SYSTRA-DB Awarded Mumbai Metro Line 10 & 12’s General Consultancy

SYSTRA MVA Consulting – DB Engineering & Consulting JV last week was awarded…

26 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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RVNL Awarded Surat Metro Bhesan Depot’s Construction Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) has been awarded a Rs. 198.93 crore contract for…

25 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi-SNB RRTS: ADB & JICA Evaluating $1.3bn & $890mn Loans

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)…

25 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Delhi Meerut RRTS Line’s Priority Corridor

So it begins! National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) on Friday…

24 Dec 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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