Archive for category: Delhi Metro

J Kumar’s TBMs Record Breakthroughs for Delhi Metro Golden Line

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) in the past fortnight celebrated two tunnel breakthroughs…

13 Aug 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Delhi Metro TBM-1 Records Breakthrough at IGNOU Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in January-end celebrated tunnel boring machine…

02 Feb 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Phase 5A Approved by India’s Central Government

India’s Central Government’s Cabinet in December-end officially approved…

02 Jan 2026 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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Sam Wins Delhi Metro Phase 5 Yuge Yugeen Bharat’s Package EC-01

Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder for…

12 Aug 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Tejas Records Breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony

Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Tejas’…

31 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Disha Records Breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony

Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Disha’s…

17 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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RVNL Awarded Delhi Metro Saket – Lajpat Nagar Line’s Contract D2C-02

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Monday was awarded a Rs. 447.42 crore contract…

16 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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JKIL’s Delhi Metro TBM Shalini Records Breakthrough at Vasant Kunj

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Wednesday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM)…

27 Jun 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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CEG Wins Indore-Ujjain, Mumbai & Delhi NCR’s New Metro Lines’ Geotechnical Contract

CEG Test House and Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. earlier this month was declared…

26 Jun 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Indore Metro, Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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YFC Bids for Delhi Metro Green Line Extension’s Contract D2C-01

YFC Projects in May-end was declared as the only bidder for the civil construction…

24 Jun 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 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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