Archive for category: Chennai Metro

Chennai Metro Phase 2: HCC-KEC Finishes Casting Works for Line-4’s ECV-02

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

30 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Tata’s TBM S98 Records Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 5th Breakthrough

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S98’s…

16 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Tata Casts Chennai Metro Line 5 UG-06’s First Tunnel Segment

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) last Friday began pouring concrete to cast the first…

10 Jun 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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RITES Wins Chennai Metro Koyambedu – Avadi Line’s DPR Consultant Contract

June 20, 2024 Update: RITES has been awarded a Rs. 80,48,204.63 (excluding GST)…

27 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Aarvee Wins Chennai Metro Parandur Airport Line’s DPR Consultant Contract

June 20, 2024 Update: Aarvee has been awarded a Rs. 1,74,19,150.00 (excluding…

26 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Sam India Begins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Underground Work at Indira Nagar

After URC Construction last month, Sam India Builtwell has now also officially…

30 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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6 Bidders for Chennai’s Koyambedu – Avadi Metro Line’s DPR Consultant Contract

Six consulting firms last week submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project…

23 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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5 Bidders for Parandur Airport Metro Line’s DPR Consultant Contract

Five consulting firms on Tuesday submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project…

17 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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URC Begins Chennai Metro Line-3 UG-03’s Work at Thousand Lights

Starting with the Thousand Lights Crossover, URC Construction on Sunday officially…

26 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Commissions Chennai Metro Line-5 EV-03’s 1st Launching Gantry

Larsen & Toubro this week started launching U-girders at Retteri Flyover…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 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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