Varaha Wins Dholera Airport Phase 1’s Construction Work

Varaha Infa has emerged as the lowest bidder to construct Phase 1 of Dholera…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 9 Comments
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ETA Awarded Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s E&M Contract

ETA Engineering on June 17 was awarded the electrical & mechanical systems…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Alstom Wins Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s OHE Electrification Work

July 7 Update: Tender has been cancelled as Alstom’s bid was 28.8% higher…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Linxon Begins Third Rail Installation for Kolkata Metro’s Line-6

Linxon India in early-June began installing the 750 V Third Rail electrification…

26 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kanpur Metro’s 2nd Underground Section KNPCC-06

February 14, 2022 Update: Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India JV is lowest bidder…

24 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Delhi Metro Yashobhoomi Dwarka Station: RT Vision Wins PSD Contract

RT Vision Technologies on June 14 emerged as the lowest bidder for the platform…

24 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Krishna Wins Delhi Dehradun Expressway PH-2’s Packages 1 & 4

Krishna Constructions last Friday emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

24 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 20 Comments
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17 Bidders for Dholera Airport’s Phase 1 Construction Work

17 firms have submitted bids to construct Phase 1 of Dholera International Airport…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 3 Comments
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13 Bidders for Nepal Border – Haldia Port Expressway’s DPR

13 design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project Report for the roughly 650 km Raxaul – Haldia Expressway, after…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 9 Comments
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3 Bidders for Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Pending Work

Per Bangalore Mirror – Afcons Infrastructure, GR Infraprojects and ITD Cementation have submitted bids to complete pending work on a 7.501 km elevated…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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25 Bidders for 2365 KM of High Speed Rail Lines’ GAD Preparation

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on June 15 received 25 bids to prepare general arrangement drawings (GADs) for developing…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro’s 500th U-Girder

Afcons Infrastructure last Friday celebrated the launch of their 500th U-girder for constructing the 8.728 km priority corridor of Kanpur Metro’s 23.785…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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5 Bidders for Delhi Metro’s E&M at Sarita Vihar & Ajronda Depots

Five firms have submitted bids for electrical & mechanical works (DE-12) related to augmenting Delhi Metro’s Sarita Vihar and Ajronda Depots,…

23 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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ITD Wins Surat Metro’s Dream City Depot & Metro Bhavan’s Work

June 30, 2021 Update: ITD Cementation has received LOA contract from GMRC June 22, 2021 Original Post: ITD Cementation India on June 10 emerged as the…

22 Jun 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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