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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Records Breakthrough at Pottery Town

Larsen & Toubro’s Tunnel Boring Machine Urja (DZ670) on Thursday afternoon…

01 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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STEC’s 3rd TBM for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Starts Tunneling

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) this week commissioned Sudarshan…

01 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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8 Bidders for Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 17 in J&K

Eight firms have submitted bids to construct the 28.92 km Package 17 of the…

30 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Tansa-2 Records Breakthrough at Mumbai Central

Tunnel Boring Machine 1239 operated by Doğuş-Soma JV on Tuesday afternoon…

29 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Trials Begin on Delhi Metro Airport Express’ Dwarka IICC Extension

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Sunday launched train trial runs (testing)…

29 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s E&M Contract

November 28, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Voltas Ltd. with a contract…

28 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 3’s Track Work Contract

3 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for…

22 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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SNC Launches Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st U-Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Saturday night erected their first U-girder…

21 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 5’s Track Work Contract

4 firms have submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge tracks for…

20 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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RBL – DBL JV Wins Surat Metro Line-2 Package CS5’s Work

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. – Dilip Buildcon Ltd. JV on Saturday emerged as the…

20 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat 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 – 75.2 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 – 8.7 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

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