Salasar Subcontracted Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s Track-Work

Salasar Adorus Infra, a subsidiary of Salasar Techno Engineering, has been subcontracted…

09 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Chennai Metro Line-5’s Underground Work

Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Thursday invited tenders (bids) for the…

08 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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6 Firms Shortlisted for Kanpur Metro’s Underground Work

Barring Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC), all other construction…

08 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Piling Underway for Kolkata Metro’s Bowbazar Shaft

Workers from ITD-ITD Cementation India Ltd JV have over the past quarter…

08 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s Anjanapura Extn to be Inaugurated on Jan 14

Bangalore Metro’s 5.799 km Yelachenahalli – Silk Institute (Anjanapura)…

07 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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MahaMetro to Manage Navi Mumbai Metro’s Pending Work

Navi Mumbai’s City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Tuesday…

06 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Navi Mumbai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro’s Sabarmati Bridge Starts Taking Shape

In central Ahmedabad, a new 298.20 meter long bridge is slowly taking shape…

05 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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GMRC Invites Bids for Surat Metro’s Dream City Depot & Metro Bhavan

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) today invited bids from construction firms…

04 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ITD Relaunches Kolkata Metro’s TBM Urvi towards Bowbazar Shaft

Workers from ITD-ITD Cementation India Ltd JV today relaunched tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-616 at Sealdah Station towards Bowbazar Shaft to complete…

04 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T Begins Soil Testing for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train

Right before the year ended, Larsen & Toubro and its geotechnical investigation subcontractors began soil investigation and joint ground surveys across…

04 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 15 Comments
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MahaMetro Extends Pune Metro’s Trial Runs to Phugewadi

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha Metro) on Sunday extended Pune Metro Phase 1’s trial runs (train testing) from PCMC Station to Phugewadi…

04 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Finishing Works Underway at Pune Metro’s Sant Tukaram Station

With civil construction works on Pune Metro’s Sant Tukaram Station long completed, here’s a post with images and a video of its interior architectural…

03 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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L&T-STEC Restarts Mumbai Metro’s TBM Surya-2 towards CSMT

After recommissioning Surya-1 on New Year’s Eve, workers from Larsen & Toubro – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (L&T – STEC) JV on…

03 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Sam India Begins Kanpur Metro’s Station Roof Work

Towards the end of December, workers from Sam (India) Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. started installing pieces of a pre-engineered steel roof structure…

02 Jan 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 10 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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