Bekem Wins Belgaum – Raichur Expressway’s Packages 3 & 4 in Karnataka

Bekem Infra Projects – DHD Infracon JV on Tuesday was declared as the…

08 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Begins Trial Runs on Yellow Line along Hosur Road

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) and CRRC’s engineers last…

08 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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HCC Wins Agardanda Creek Bridge’s Contract Near Dighi Port in Maharashtra

October 14, 2024 Update: Following negotiations, MSRDC has awarded and issued…

07 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 6 Comments
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TUV India Wins Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Independent Safety Assessor Contract

TUV India was today declared as the lowest bidder for the Independent Safety…

06 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Afcons Wins Dharamtar Creek Bridge’s Contract Near Mumbai

Afcons Infrastructure was today declared as the lowest bidder for the civil…

06 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 2 Comments
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PM Modi Inaugurates Agra, Kolkata, Kochi & Pune Metros’ and Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ New Sections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today remotely inaugurated new sections of Agra…

06 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Delhi NCR RRTS, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Pune Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ Duhai – Modinagar Section for Operations

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday completed a two-day…

06 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Firms Qualify for Indore Western Bypass’ 2 Construction Contracts

Nine civil engineering firms have qualified for the construction work of 64…

05 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-12’s Groundbreaking Held to Start Construction

Maharashtra’s Chief Minister on Sunday formally inaugurated construction work on Mumbai Metro’s Line-12 (Orange Line) which will connect Kalyan…

04 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Dilip Buildcon Launches Girders for Indore Metro over Railway Tracks

Working under a tight 3 hour window, workers from Dilip Buildcon (DBL) on early Saturday morning launched four 36m long steel composite girders for Indore…

03 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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MVR Infra Awarded Bangalore Metro Whitefield Extension’s Contract

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates M Venkata Rao Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. on February 23 was awarded…

03 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Siemens Wins Bangalore Metro Phase 2A & 2B’s Electrification Contract EPC5-CC

Siemens – Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (Siemens – RVNL JV) in February was declared as the lowest bidder for the 750V DC third rail electrification…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T Commissions Chennai Metro Line-5 EV-03’s 1st Launching Gantry

Larsen & Toubro this week started launching U-girders at Retteri Flyover using a launching gantry (LG) crane for 44.6 km Chennai Metro Line-5’s 10.2…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Madavara Extension’s Final Track Turnout Cast by Texmaco

Texmaco Rail and Engineering last night completed casting all track turnouts & crossovers for Bangalore Metro Green Line’s 3.031 km long Reach 3C…

02 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 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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