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Afcons Begins Casting Segments for Bhopal Metro’s Blue Line (BH-05)

Afcons Infrastructure this Monday began pouring concrete to cast their first…

30 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM-2 Records Breakthrough at PMCH Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) last week celebrated their sixth tunnel breakthrough…

29 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM Peacock Records Line-4’s 1st Breakthrough

ITD Cementation India today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-1074B’s…

23 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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HCC – TPL Begins Work for Indore Metro’s Underground Package IN-05R

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. – Tata Projects Ltd. (HCC – TPL JV) this…

20 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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13 Bidders for Siliguri Bagdogra Airport’s Apron & Taxiway Contract

Thirteen firms have submitted bids for airside civil construction work at Bagdogra…

19 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Disha Records Breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony

Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Disha’s…

17 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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SMEC Awarded Consultant Contract for UER-2’s Extension to Delhi – Dehradun Expressway

SMEC (India) – MSV International JV in June was awarded a Rs. 1.97 crore…

17 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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RVNL Awarded Delhi Metro Saket – Lajpat Nagar Line’s Contract D2C-02

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Monday was awarded a Rs. 447.42 crore contract…

16 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro TBM Dhruv Records Final Breakthrough for Line-7A

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Monday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM)…

15 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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8 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Phase 2, 2A & 2B’s ISA Contract

Eight firms have submitted bids for the Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)…

13 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 58.7 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 – 68.5 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

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