L&T Delivers Power Supply Equipment to Mumbai Metro Line-7

On Saturday, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) announced…

25 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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APCO-CRFG & KEC-CCECC Resume Work on Delhi – Meerut RRTS Line

APCO-CRFG JV and KEC-CCECC JV – both assigned civil construction contractors…

25 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Cyclone Amphan Damages Kolkata Metro’s Infrastructure

Cyclone Amphan, the worst storm of its type to hit West Bengal in over a decade,…

24 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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YFC Resumes Work on Delhi Metro’s Aerocity – Tughlakabad Line

YFC Projects Pvt. Ltd. has restarted development works at their casting yard…

24 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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SUCG Subcontracted Mumbai Metro Line-3’s Partial Tunneling Works

Update: DOGUS-SOMA JV reached out with clarification. SUCG has been subcontracted…

23 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ISGEC Wins Bangalore Metro Kothanur Depot’s Civil Work

Update: BMRCL awarded ISGEC with a contract valued at Rs. 150,83,16,463 on July…

23 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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J Kumar Launches 1st U-Girder for Mumbai Metro Line-6

This afternoon, workers from J Kumar Infraprojects – CRTG JV erected the…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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L&T Pours First Concrete for Bangalore Metro’s Shivajinagar Station

Workers and engineers from Larsen & Toubro on Thursday night celebrated…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CCECC – KEC Resumes Work for Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Line-8 Extn

KEC International Ltd. on Thursday night announced the resumption of work at their casting yard in Mundka for a 12.375 km elevated extension (DC-01) of…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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RVNL Invites DDC Bids for Kolkata Metro Line-6’s Titurmir – Airport Leg

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited today invited bids from engineering design firms for the appointment of a Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) to assist with…

21 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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DMRC Invites Bids for Delhi Metrolite’s Geotechnical Investigation

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today invited bids for geotechnical investigation works along the alignment of the upcoming 19.15 km Kirti Nagar –…

21 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Delhi Metrolite ⋅ 2 Comments
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Vascon Resumes Work for Bangalore Metro’s Kadugodi Depot

Earlier this month, workers from Vascon Engineers Ltd. resumed site preparation activities for constructing Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project’s Kadugodi…

21 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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LKT Engineering Awarded Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s DDC Contract

LKT Engineering Consultants Ltd. on May 18 was awarded with the Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract valued at Rs. 90 lakh for a 1.163 km elevated…

20 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Geotechnical Work Resumes for Pune Metro’s Line-3 at Hinjawadi

ZEE 24 Taas, a local Marathi channel reports that geotechnical soil investigation work has resumed for Pune Metro’s Line-3, which’ll connect…

20 May 2020 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 0 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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