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Bharat Constructions Wins Jammu Ring Road’s Twin Tunnel Contract

Bharat Constructions India Pvt. Ltd. (BCIPL) on Thursday was declared as the…

26 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Lowers Delhi Metro Silver Line’s 1st Tunnel Boring Machine DZ1122

Larsen & Toubro on Thursday & Friday lowered TBM DZ1122 – the…

26 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Launches Chennai Metro Line-5 ECV-02’s 1st Pier Cap

Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday morning erected their first 9.5m wide pier…

25 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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JKIL & ACIL Bid for Mumbai Line-2B’s Station Finishing Work

J Kumar Infraprojects and Ahluwalia Contracts (India) are the only 2 bidders…

25 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T’s Bangalore Metro TBM Vindhya Records Final Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro’s tunnel boring machine Vindhya (DZ671) on Friday evening…

25 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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10 Bidders for Nagpur-Vijayawada Expressway’s Work in Telangana

10 construction firms have submitted a total of 24 bids to construct packages…

23 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi-Katra Expressway’s Pathankot Link Road

6 firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of the 12.345 km…

23 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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CMRS Inspects Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) from the Indian Railways’…

22 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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8 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s General Consultant Contract

8 firms have submitted bids for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s General Consultant…

21 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons Begins Kolkata Metro Line-6’s D-Wall Work at Airport

Afcons Infrastructure this weekend began work to construct the diaphragm wall…

20 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 6 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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