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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…

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…

31 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 16 Comments
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Evrascon Wins Delhi-Amritsar Expressway’s Package 12

Evrascon-MKCIL JV today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing package…

30 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 25 Comments
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Shiv, Evrascon & JSCIAV Win Delhi-Amritsar Expressway’s Work

Shiv Build India, Evrascon-MKCIL and ‘Joint Stock Company Industrial Association Vozrozhdenie’ this past week emerged as the lowest bidders…

28 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 21 Comments
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GC EOI Invited for Bangalore Metro’s 318 New Coaches & Signaling

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) today invited Expression of Interest applications to appoint a General Consultant for procuring 318 coaches…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Alstom Awarded Delhi Metro’s Signaling Contract for Yellow Line

June 14: DMRC has issued a LOA to Alstom Transport with a value of Rs. 89.30 crore. April 1 Update: Alstom placed a bid of Rs. 192.90 crore with tax and…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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JICA & GoI Sign Rs 12,107 Cr Loan for Delhi & Bangalore Metros

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Friday signed loan agreements with the Government of India to provide ODA loans totaling approximately…

27 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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EOI Invited to Supply 50 Coaches for Nashik Metro Neo

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) earlier this week invited Expression of Interest (EOI) applications from electric trolley bus manufacturers…

26 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nashik Metro ⋅ 19 Comments
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Yuksel JV Wins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s General Consultancy

Yuksel Proje – Tumas JV on Tuesday won the General Consultant (GC) and Project Management Consultant (PMC) contract for Kolkata Metro’s Line-3‘s…

24 Mar 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 11 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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