Author Archive for: TMRG

10 Bidders for Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway’s Package 2

10 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Package 2 of the 91 km Ludhiana…

23 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S79 Records Breakthrough at Budhwar Peth

Engineers from Gulermak – Tata Projects JV on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring…

23 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Tansa-2 Records Breakthrough at Mahalaxmi

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

22 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MG Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s P1C Bridge Package

MG Contractors today emerged as the lowest bidder to build 1 prestressed concrete…

20 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

3 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Chennai Metro Line-3’s…

19 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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YFC Wins Patna Metro Line-1 PC-04’s Construction Work

December 29, 2021 Update: Contract LOA to YFC – MCL JV has been issued…

19 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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L&T Wins Patna Metro’s Underground Work PC-03

December 29, 2021 Update: Contract LOA to L&T has been issued by DMRC. July…

19 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Poonamallee Depot’s Construction

5 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Chennai Metro Line-4’s…

17 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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MG Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Bridge Package P1B

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. on Friday emerged as the lowest bidder to build…

17 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 8 Comments
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GR Infra Wins Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Pending Work

August 6 Update: BMRCL awarded GR Infra with this section’s construction…

16 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 23 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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