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Afcons Casts Delhi-Meerut RRTS Package 6’s 1st Pier

Back on June 2, Afcons Infrastructure poured concrete to cast the first pier…

29 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 3 Comments
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Nagpur Metro’s Trial Runs Extended to Kasturchand Park

Back on June 2, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) extended…

29 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA JV Wins Surat Metro’s General Consultant Contract

SYSTRA – AECOM – Egis Rail JV on June 19 emerged as the preferred…

28 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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32 Bidders for Delhi’s UER 2 Project’s Construction

32 firms have submitted a total of 78 bids to construct 5 civil packages of…

28 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 22 Comments
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Varaha Wins Dholera Airport Phase 1’s Construction Work

Varaha Infa has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Phase 1 of Dholera…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 9 Comments
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ETA Awarded Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s E&M Contract

ETA Engineering on June 17 was awarded the electrical & mechanical systems…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Alstom Wins Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s OHE Electrification Work

July 7 Update: Tender has been cancelled as Alstom’s bid was 28.8% higher…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-6

Linxon India in early-June began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Section KNPCC-06

February 14, 2022 Update: Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India JV is lowest bidder…

24 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Yashobhoomi Dwarka Station: RT Vision Wins PSD Contract

RT Vision Technologies on June 14 emerged as the lowest bidder for the platform…

24 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 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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