L&T’s Pakal Dul HEP TBM Askini Starts Tunneling Work

Larsen & Toubro in April commissioned tunnel boring machine (TBM) Askini…

08 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T Begins Kolkata Metro Line-3’s D-Wall Work for Victoria Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has officially started construction work on Victoria…

05 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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Structcon Awarded Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-04

The winner of another Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract is now known…

04 May 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Sam India Begins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Underground Work at Indira Nagar

After URC Construction last month, Sam India Builtwell has now also officially…

30 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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MEIL Awarded Shirdi Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Per a reliable industry source, Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL)…

28 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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Nagpur Metro Phase 2: Rahee & NMC Bid for Track Work Contract T-01

Rahee Infratech Ltd. and NMC Industries Pvt. Ltd. last week submitted bids to…

25 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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6 Bidders for Chennai’s Koyambedu – Avadi Metro Line’s DPR Consultant Contract

Six consulting firms last week submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project…

23 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Launches Kanpur Metro’s Steel Girders over Sisamau Drain

Afcons Infrastructure last week erected two 45 meter long steel composite box…

22 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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CEG Wins Delhi – Dharuhera RRTS’ Geotechnical Contract in Gurgaon

CEG Test House and Research Centre on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder for conducting geotechnical soil investigation work along the new alignment…

21 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 17 Comments
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DB & SYSTRA Bid for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Ticketing Consultant Contract

DB Engineering and Consulting GmbH and SYSTRA MVA Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd. are the only two bidders for the Ticketing System’s consultant contract…

20 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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10 Bidders for Jalna – Nanded Expressway’s 6 Construction Contracts

10 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 23 bids to construct the 179.85 km Jalna – Nanded Expressway project after bids were…

20 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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14 Bidders for Mumbai Multi Modal Corridor’s 11 Construction Contracts

14 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 33 bids to construct 96.47 km Phase 1 of the 126 km Virar-Alibaug Multi-Modal Corridor (VAMMC) project…

20 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 18 Comments
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12 Bidders for Pune Ring Road’s 9 Construction Contracts

12 civil engineering firms have submitted a total of 26 bids to construct the 136.80 km Pune Ring Road project after bids were opened on Thursday. This…

20 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Enia Wins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-03

Enia Design on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder for Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract DDC-03 of 43.8 km Nagpur Metro Phase 2 project…

19 Apr 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur 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 – 351.2 km
• Bangalore: 20 October 2011 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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 – 58.7 km
• Nagpur: 8 March 2019 – 38.2 km
• Kanpur – 29 December 2021 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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