KPIL’s Kanpur Metro TBM Gomati Records Breakthrough at Kakadeo

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV last week…

01 Sep 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Surat Metro’s TBM Amrit Records Final Breakthrough at Chowk Bazar

J Kumar Infraprojects on Tuesday celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S25B’s…

21 Aug 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Lucknow Metro’s Phase 1B (Line-2) Approved by Central Government

India’s Central Government’s Cabinet on Tuesday officially approved the…

13 Aug 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Sam Wins Delhi Metro Phase 5 Yuge Yugeen Bharat’s Package EC-01

Sam India Builtwell Pvt. Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder for…

12 Aug 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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DBL – RBL JV Wins Gurgaon Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s Contract CC-01

Dilip Buildcon – Ranjit Buildcon JV (DBL – RBL JV) on Friday was…

02 Aug 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Tejas Records Breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony

Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Tejas’…

31 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Begins Casting Segments for Bhopal Metro’s Blue Line (BH-05)

Afcons Infrastructure this Monday began pouring concrete to cast their first…

30 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM-2 Records Breakthrough at PMCH Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) last week celebrated their sixth tunnel breakthrough…

29 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM Peacock Records Line-4’s 1st Breakthrough

ITD Cementation India today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S-1074B’s first breakthrough at Kodambakkam Ramp on Chennai Metro’s 26.1 km…

23 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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HCC – TPL Begins Work for Indore Metro’s Underground Package IN-05R

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. – Tata Projects Ltd. (HCC – TPL JV) this week officially began secant piling work for Indore Metro Yellow Line‘s…

20 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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13 Bidders for Siliguri Bagdogra Airport’s Apron & Taxiway Contract

Thirteen firms have submitted bids for airside civil construction work at Bagdogra International Airport (IBX) near Siliguri, West Bengal after Airports…

19 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Disha Records Breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony

Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Disha’s first breakthrough at Tughlakabad Railway Colony Station of Delhi…

17 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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SMEC Awarded Consultant Contract for UER-2’s Extension to Delhi – Dehradun Expressway

SMEC (India) – MSV International JV in June was awarded a Rs. 1.97 crore contract to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for extending Delhi’s…

17 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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RVNL Awarded Delhi Metro Saket – Lajpat Nagar Line’s Contract D2C-02

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Monday was awarded a Rs. 447.42 crore contract for the civil construction of Delhi Metro Golden Line‘s 8.385 km…

16 Jul 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 6 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
• Patna: October 6, 2025 – 3.2 km

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