Archive for category: Bangalore Metro

ITD Cem Begins Launching Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Reach 1A

Last night, a crew from ITD Cementation India last launched their first precast…

10 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 67 Comments
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ITD Cem Casts 1st Pier for Bangalore Metro’s Line-3 at Electronic City

Workers from the ITD – ITD India Cem JV today completed casting their first…

09 Mar 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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BMRCL Invites Bids for Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s Construction

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. today initiated the civil bidding…

27 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 57 Comments
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KA Govt Approves Preparation of DPR for Bangalore Metro’s Phase 3

While presenting Karnataka’s 2018-19 budget yesterday, the state’s…

17 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 59 Comments
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ITD Begins Launching Segments for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extn

On February 1, a crew from ITD Cementation India launched their first precast…

15 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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BMRCL Receives 1st 3-Coach Intermediate Unit for 6-Coach Conversion

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. today received the first set of 3…

14 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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BMRCL Signs MoU with Intel to Fund Bangalore Metro’s ORR Line

The February 2018 newsletter of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. indicates…

13 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Karnataka Govt Approves Bangalore Metro Line-4’s Extn to Airport

Back on December 11, Karnataka government’s cabinet approved a 29.62 km…

11 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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L&T, Gulermak, Afcons & ITD Lowest Bidders for B’lore Metro’s UG PH2

Four infrastructure firms – Larsen & Toubro, Gulermak, Afcons Infrastructure…

09 Feb 2018 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 51 Comments
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1st Set of Piers Start Taking Shape for Bangalore Metro’s Line-3

Workers from the ITD-ITD Cem India JV have started tying up rebar for the first…

29 Nov 2017 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 30 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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