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Central Govt. Approves Bangalore Metro’s Phase 2A & 2B

The Union Government’s cabinet today approved construction of Bangalore…

20 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 30 Comments
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Alstom Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Signaling & PSD Contract

Alstom Transport today emerged as the lowest bidder for supplying the signalling,…

19 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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1st Span Completed for Ahmedabad Metro’s Sabarmati Bridge

The first 41 meter long span of Ahmedabad Metro Phase 1 project’s 298.20m…

18 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Sam India Casts Agra Metro’s 1st Pier Cap

Workers from Sam India Builtwell on Saturday celebrated lifting out the first…

18 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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2 Bidders for Patna Metro’s Turnouts & Crossovers

March 11, 2022 Update: DMRC has cancelled the tender as its validity expired…

16 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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RBL Begins Casting Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s 1st Pier

Workers from Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. today started pouring concrete to cast the…

15 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Pandrol Rahee Wins Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Track Fastening

May 11 Update: DMRC has issued a LOA to Pandrol Rahee valued at Rs. 29.84 crore….

13 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-08 Underground Work

It has begun! Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today invited tenders for…

13 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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BSR Wins Bangalore Metro Anjanapura Depot’s Work

June 19 Update: Contract to BSR Infratech has been awarded by BMRCL. Final value:…

12 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Yellow Line P2’s Final Segment

Workers from ITD – ITD Cementation India JV on Tuesday celebrated the…

11 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 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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