Archive for category: Chennai Metro

CMRL Cancels 6 Chennai Metro Phase 2 Underground Tenders

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) has in the past week cancelled six significant…

15 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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IRCON Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s Track Work Contract

January 10, 2022 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to IRCON International with a contract…

01 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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ITD Cem Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Work

ITD Cementation India Ltd. today emerged as the lowest bidder for the civil…

25 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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HCC-KEC Awarded Chennai Metro Line-5’s Contract for C5-ECV-03

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International (HCC-KEC) JV on Friday…

16 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T Awarded 2 Chennai Metro Line-5 Contracts

Larsen & Toubro earlier this month was awarded contracts (LOAs) for…

16 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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CMRL Invites Consultant Bids for Madurai MRTS Project’s Feasibility

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Thursday invited RFP tenders to appoint a consultant…

13 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Madurai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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4 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Track Work Contract

Four firms in mid-October submitted bids to supply and install standard gauge…

12 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Altis-VCL Awarded Chennai Metro Poonamallee Depot’s Contract

Altis Holding Corporation – Varindera Constructions JV on October 20 was…

12 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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URCC Wins Chennai Metro Madhavaram Depot’s Contract

December 6, 2021 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to URC Construction with a contract…

09 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T wins Chennai Metro Line-5’s UG6 Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro in October-end emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

07 Nov 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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