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Afcons-SAM JV Awarded Kanpur & Agra Metros’ Tunneling Contracts

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India JV on Monday was awarded 2 underground construction…

17 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Balaji Wins Madurai Metro’s Feasibility Consultant Contract

Balaji Railroad Systems (BARSYL) on Wednesday emerged as the lowest bidder to…

10 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Madurai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T & J Kumar Awarded Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Tunneling Contracts

Larsen & Toubro and J Kumar Infraprojects on Wednesday were awarded 2 underground…

10 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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KEC Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s RSS AMS Electrification Contract

March 28 2022 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to KEC International with a contract…

09 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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All Crossovers Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last week completed casting all 7 track crossovers…

08 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MEIL Wins Amas – Darbhanga Expressway’s Construction Work

Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder…

07 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 30 Comments
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L&T Wins Agra Metro’s Electrification Contract AGE-1 & 2

March 31, 2022 Update: UPMRC has issued contract LOA to L&T with a value…

07 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s Official Line Colours Published

Kolkata Metro last week officially assigned line colors to the city’s metro…

07 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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(Pics) Pune Metro Phase 1 Inaugurated by PM Modi

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated two sections totaling…

06 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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7 Bidders for Indore Metro’s Electrification Contract IN-09

7 firms have submitted bids for the 750 V DC 3rd Rail Electrification contract…

06 Mar 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 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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