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Pune Metro PCMC – Nigdi Extension’s 1st Pile Cap Cast

Workers on Saturday cast the first pile cap (foundation) for 16.589 km Pune…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Gawar Conducts Mumbai Metro Line 12’s Pile Load Tests in Dombivli

Gawar Constructions Ltd. (GCL) last week performed an initial pile load test…

07 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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KPIL-Gulermak’s 1st TBM for Kanpur Metro’s Line-2 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) manufacturer Herrenknecht Company in Guangzhou,…

06 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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12 Bidders for Bhubaneswar Metro Package BBC-03’s Contract

Twelve civil engineering firms in June submitted bids to construct Package BBC-03…

05 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Afcons Begins Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Work in Kakkanad

Afcons Infrastructure on Wednesday bored their first test pile for the civil…

05 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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KSM Bashir Wins UPMRC Metro Bhawan’s Construction Contract LKCC-15

August 5, 2024 Update: UPMRC has issued LOA to KSM Bashir Mohammad and Sons…

04 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro, Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Casts Kolkata Metro Line-3’s First Tunnel Segment

Larsen & Toubro this week began pouring concrete to cast the first batch…

04 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ceigall Begins Piling for Kanpur Metro Line-2’s Package KNPCC-12

Ceigall India this Monday bored and concreted the first pile for Package KNPCC-12…

03 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Chennai Metro Phase 2: HCC-KEC Finishes Casting Works for Line-4’s ECV-02

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International (HCC – KEC JV) on Thursday…

30 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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5 Bidders for Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s OHE Contract TR-02

Five firms have submitted bids for the 25 kV overhead equipment (OHE) electrification…

27 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 4 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 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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