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NCC Launches Bangalore Metro Airport Line Package 1’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. on Friday launched the first of 698 U-girders for Package 1 of Bangalore…

10 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM Siruvani Starts Tunneling from Chetpet

Following a small puja, Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday officially commissioned…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Thane – Borivali Tunnel Project: Herrenknecht to Supply Tunnel Boring Machines

Per a couple of my tunneling industry connections, Herrenknecht AG has been…

07 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Robbins TBM 408-1 Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Robbins Company in Kancheepuram last month…

06 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar’s Mumbai Metro Line-7A TBM Disha Starts Tunneling

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Friday officially started tunnel excavation…

05 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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JKIL-AICPL Begins Bangalore Metro Baiyappanahalli Depot’s D-Wall Work

J Kumar Infraprojects – AIC Infrastructures JV last week started grabbing…

05 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Hyderabad Metro Phase 3: Aarvee & Systra Win DPR Consultant Work

Aarvee Associates and Systra MVA Consulting India have been declared as the…

03 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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ITD’s 1st Chennai Metro Line-4 TBM Flamingo Starts Tunneling

ITD Cementation India and Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Friday officially…

02 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kochi Metro Phase 2 Construction Contract’s Bids Invited

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) on Friday published a tender notice inviting bids…

02 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Haridwar’s PRT System Receives No Bids for PPP Contract

Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UKMRC) has received no bids for developing…

01 Sep 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Uttarakhand Metro ⋅ 12 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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