Pune Metro’s TBMs Start Tunneling towards Budhwar Peth

Gulermak – Tata Projects Ltd. JV has in the past fortnight quietly commissioned…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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6 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s Package C7

6 firms / consortia have submitted bids to construct the 18.133 km Package C-7…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Afcons Lowers Bangalore Metro’s TBM S-1259 at Dairy Circle

Afcons Infrastructure on Sunday morning began lowering parts of tunnel boring…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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NHSRCL Invites GAD Bids for 2365 KM of High Speed Rail Lines

India’s National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday night…

23 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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Tata JV Wins Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s PMC Contract

June 17 Update: TCE – Aarvee – CEG – Padeco JV was today issued…

22 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 41 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Pink Line’s Pending Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) today invited tenders for completing…

22 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 27 Comments
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Montecarlo Wins Bangalore – Chennai Expressway’s PH2 Package 1

September 15, 2021 Update: Montecarlo (MCL) has received NHAI’s LOA. March…

20 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 37 Comments
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PMC Approves Pune Metro’s Swargate – Katraj Extension

Pune Municipal Corporation’s General Body on Wednesday approved a 5.464…

20 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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2 Qualify for Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s PMC Contract

Two global consortia led by Nippon Koei and Tata Consulting Engineers today technically qualified to provide project management consultancy services for…

19 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 12 Comments
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Pink Line Extn’s OHE Electrification

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday invited tenders for Package DE-14 to commission the 25 kV FOCS overhead equipment (OHE) and 33 kV auxiliary…

18 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Track-Work Begins for Bangalore Metro’s Electronic City Line

Per the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL)’s new March 2021 newsletter, Texmaco Rail and Engineering has started flash butt welding work to…

17 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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NKC, CDS & Evrascon Win Delhi-Amritsar Expressway’s Work

NKC Projects, Centrodorstroy India and Evrascon – MKCIL JV today emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing packages 4, 5 and 9 of the roughly 650…

17 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 17 Comments
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RCC Wins Bangalore – Chennai Expressway’s PH3 Package 4

Ramalingam Construction Company on Tuesday emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing the 261 km Bangalore – Chennai Expressway‘s Phase…

17 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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1st U-Girder Launched for Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Package 2

A few hours ago, MBZ – Eagle Infra India (MBZ-EIIL) JV erected the first two 25m U-girders for Package BC-02R of Mumbai Metro’s 15.18 km Line-6…

17 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 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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