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L&T Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Underground Contract UG1

Larsen & Toubro on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for Kolkata…

24 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 23 Comments
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Delhi-Meerut RAPIDX TBM Sudarshan 4.2 Records 2nd Breakthrough

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) earlier this week quietly celebrated…

23 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Approves Navi Mumbai Metro Line-1 Phase 1’s Operations

City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Monday received the final…

22 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Expressway’s Package 3

After winning Packages 2, 1 & 4 earlier this month, J Kumar Infraprojects…

22 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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JKIL – MEPL’s TBM Records Breakthrough for Mumbai Sewage Project

Mumbai last month saw India’s largest tunnel boring recording a breakthrough,…

21 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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STEC Records Delhi-Meerut RAPIDX’s 1st Cross-Passage Breakthrough

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) last week recorded the 1st cross-passage…

19 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C3 Contract in Maharashtra

Larsen & Toubro was today declared as the lowest bidder to construct 135.45…

16 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 17 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Nana Records Breakthrough at Naveen Market

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Wednesday celebrated tunnel boring machine…

15 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T & SP Singla Bid for 12 km Palasbari – Sualkuchi Bridge in Assam

Larsen & Toubro and SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. on Monday were the…

13 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 15 Comments
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L&T Assembles Chennai Metro TBMs DZ1040 & DZ1041 at Chetpet

Larsen & Toubro in the past fortnight has lowered and assembled tunnel boring…

12 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 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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