BSR Wins Bangalore Metro Anjanapura Depot’s Work

June 19 Update: Contract to BSR Infratech has been awarded by BMRCL. Final value:…

12 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Yellow Line P2’s Final Segment

Workers from ITD – ITD Cementation India JV on Tuesday celebrated the…

11 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Bids Invited for Navi Mumbai Metro’s Pending Work

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha Metro) on Friday invited tenders for…

10 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Afcons Begins Piling for Kolkata Metro’s Line-6 in New Town

Afcons Infrastructure today evening began piling work – the first step…

09 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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Growever Wins Varanasi – Howrah HSR’s LiDAR & Alignment Design

July 2 Update: NHSRCL has awarded Growever Infra with a Rs. 14.05 crore contract…

09 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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1st Pier Cap Launched for Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s DC-03R

Sam India Builtwell – Gulermak JV on Wednesday evening erected their first…

08 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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12 Bidders for Itanagar Airport’s Construction at Holongi

I’ve started tracking major airport contracts as well ’cause why…

07 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 21 Comments
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Pune Metro’s TBM S78 Begins Tunneling Under Mutha River

Last week, Gulermak – Tata Projects’ tunnel boring machine S78, nicknamed…

07 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kolkata Metro’s TBM Urvi Passes Halfway to Bowbazar Shaft

ITD-ITD Cementation India’s tunnel boring machine S-616 (Urvi), en route to Bowbazaar Shaft, passed the halfway mark on Tuesday for building the…

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 packages 7 and 8 of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar –…

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 (train testing) on Bangalore Metro’s new 7.5 km Mysore Road – Kengeri…

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 through two packages to augment, remodel and procure tracks at the Delhi…

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 for a second round with a submission date of June 4. April 6 Original Post:…

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 past fortnight invited RFQ and RFP applications to develop the 594 km Ganga…

06 Apr 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 24 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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