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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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5 Bidders for GIFT City’s PRT System Consultant Contract

5 consulting firms this week submitted bids to prepare a Feasibility Study for…

11 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro, Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai Metro Line-6’s 108 Coach Rolling Stock Contract

October 18, 2023 Update: Tender has has been canceled by MMRDA. June 10, 2023…

10 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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SBI Awarded Agra Metro’s Automatic Fare Collection Contract on PPP

State Bank of India (SBI) in mid-May was awarded Automatic Fare Collection (AFC)…

10 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Apurvakriti Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Track Work Contract CA-161

September 26, 2023 Update: MMRDA has awarded LOA contract to Apurvakriti Infrastructure…

10 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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LKT – Enia JV Wins Mumbai Metro Line-12’s Design Consultant Work

LKT Engineering Consultants – Enia Design JV this Monday was declared…

09 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Expressway’s Packages 1 & 4

After winning 5 km Package 2 earlier in the week, J Kumar Infraprojects was…

09 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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Afcons Awarded Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Tunnel Contract

India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) and Afcons…

09 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail, Tunnels ⋅ 10 Comments
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7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line 5’s E&M Contract for 22 Stations

7 firms have bid for Chennai Metro Line-5’s electrical & mechanical…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Tata’s Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM S98 Records 1st Breakthrough

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Wednesday celebrated the first ever breakthrough…

08 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 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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