Kolkata Metro’s TBM Urvi Passes Halfway to Bowbazar Shaft

ITD-ITD Cementation India’s tunnel boring machine S-616 (Urvi), en route…

07 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Ceigall & Evrascon Win Delhi-Amritsar Expressway’s Packages 7 & 8

Ceigall India and Evrascon-MKCIL today emerged as the lowest bidders for constructing…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Bangalore Metro’s Kengeri Extension

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) has officially started trial runs…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Bids Invited for Delhi Metro Mukundpur Depot’s Remodel & Tracks

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has in the past fortnight invited tenders…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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PNC Infra Only Bidder for Haridwar’s PRT System

April 20 Update: Tendering process has been cancelled. UKMRC has invited bids…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Uttarakhand Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ganga Expressway’s RFQ & RFP Tenders Invited

Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has in the…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 24 Comments
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Tracks Arrive for Delhi – Meerut RRTS at Duhai Depot

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) this weekend announced…

05 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 6 Comments
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3 DDC Bidders for Ahmedabad – Rajkot Semi High-Speed Rail

Three design engineering firms have submitted tenders for the first Detailed…

05 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad - Rajkot SHSR ⋅ 24 Comments
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KCC & PSK Win Chittoor – Thatchur Expressway’s Work

August 28, 2021 Update: KCC Buildcon has received NHAI’s LOA for Package 1. Package 4 will be retendered. April 5, 2021 Original Post: KCC Buildcon…

05 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 11 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Launch Shaft Ready at Venkateshpura

ITD Cementation India on Thursday celebrated the completion of their tunnel boring machine (TBM) launch shaft at Venkateshpura Station on Bangalore Metro’s 21.386…

03 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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KEC-Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3 & 6’s Electrification

KEC International – Siemens JV on March 26 emerged as the lowest bidder for the 33 KV power distribution and 750 V DC third rail traction system of Kolkata…

03 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st U-Girder Launched at Thakur Mall

A few hours ago, J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes erected the first two 25m U-girders for constructing Mumbai Metro’s 11.38 km Line-9 (northern…

01 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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MPMRCL Invites Bids for Bhopal Metro’s 8 Stations

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Co Ltd. (MPMRCL) on Wednesday invited tenders (bids) for the construction of 8 elevated stations between AIIMS and Subhash Nagar…

01 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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26 Bidders for Delhi Dehradun Expressway PH2’s Packages 1 & 4

26 firms have submitted a total of 43 bids to construct civil packages 1 and 4 of the 210 km Delhi – Dehradun Expressway‘s 119 km Phase 2…

31 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 16 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 – 94.3 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 – 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

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