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1st TBM for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Package 8 Starts Tunneling

Afcons Infrastructure on Monday commissioned TBM Sudarshan 8.1 – their first…

30 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Challaghatta & BIEC Extn’s Track Plinth Work Begins

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. last week began casting the track plinth…

29 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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GR Infra Wins Delhi Mumbai Expressway Jaipur Spur’s Contract

March 30, 2022 Update: NHAI has issued contract LOA to GR Infraprojects. March…

28 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 26 Comments
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NCC Casts Bangalore Metro Airport Line’s 1st Pile Cap

NCC Ltd. on Saturday poured concrete to cast the first pile cap of Bangalore…

28 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Gantry Erected for Delhi Metro Pink Line’s Yamuna Bridge

Longjian – KEC JV on Friday launched their first cantilever construction (CLC)…

28 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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GLM-SAM Begins Kanpur Metro Chunniganj Station’s D-Wall Work

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Saturday began work to construct the…

28 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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6 Bidders for Dehradun Ring Road’s DPR Work

6 firms have bid for preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Dehradun…

28 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 0 Comments
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1st Pune Metro Train Built in India Unveiled by Titagarh

Titagarh Wagons on Saturday rolled out Pune Metro’s first locally built trainset…

27 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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2 Bidders for Saser La Tunnel’s DPR Work in Ladakh

RITES Ltd. and Segmental Consulting & Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd….

27 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s T3 Track Work

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder to design, manufacture…

25 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 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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