GRIL & Krishna Win Amritsar-Bathinda Expressway’s Construction

September 23 Update: NHAI has issued contract LOAs to GR Infraprojects and Krishna…

29 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 18 Comments
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Sam Begins Casting U-Girders for Agra Metro’s Priority Corridor

Sam India Builtwell on Wednesday began casting 28 meter long U-girders for Agra…

29 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 2nd Rolling Stock Contract

Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) on Monday invited tenders for the 2nd rolling…

28 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Tenders Invited for Construction Work

MahaMetro has in the past week published two notices inviting bids for constructing…

28 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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16 Bidders for Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway’s Package 3

16 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Package 3 of the 91 km Ludhiana…

27 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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6 Bidders for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Consultant Work

6 consortia have submitted Expression of Interest (EOI) applications to provide…

27 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Sudhir Power Wins Delhi Metro’s E&M at Sarita Vihar & Ajronda Depots

Sudhir Power Projects last Monday emerged as the lowest bidder for electrical…

27 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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KEC Wins Patna Metro New ISBT Depot’s Track Work

March 10, 2022 Update: DMRC has cancelled PT-08 tender for “administrative…

26 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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10 Bidders for Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway’s Package 2

10 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Package 2 of the 91 km Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway (NH-205K), after the National Highways…

23 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S79 Records Breakthrough at Budhwar Peth

Engineers from Gulermak – Tata Projects JV on Thursday celebrated tunnel boring machine S79’s breakthrough at Budhwar Peth Station on Pune Metro’s 16.589…

23 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Mumbai Metro’s TBM Tansa-2 Records Breakthrough at Mahalaxmi

Tunnel Boring Machine 1239 operated by Doğuş-Soma JV on Wednesday afternoon arrived at Mahalaxmi Station on Mumbai Metro’s upcoming 33.5 km Line-3…

22 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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MG Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s P1C Bridge Package

MG Contractors today emerged as the lowest bidder to build 1 prestressed concrete (PSC) and 4 steel truss bridges for the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad…

20 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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3 Bidders for Chennai Metro’s Sholinganallur – SIPCOT Section

3 construction firms have submitted bids to construct Chennai Metro Line-3’s 10.13 km Sholinganallur Lake – SIPCOT 2 section after CMRL opened…

19 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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YFC Wins Patna Metro Line-1 PC-04’s Construction Work

December 29, 2021 Update: Contract LOA to YFC – MCL JV has been issued by DMRC. July 19, 2021 Original Post: YFC Projects today emerged as the lowest…

19 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 10 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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