New Record for Bangalore Metro: ITD’s TBM Tunga Bores 308m in July

ITD Cementation India’s tunnel boring machine Tunga (S-839B) has set a…

01 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Colossus Awarded Mumbai Metro Line-2B’s E&M Contract CA-249

Colossus Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. earlier this month was awarded a Rs. 33.95…

31 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ABS Fujitsu Wins Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground VAC & TVS Contract

ABS Fujitsu General Pvt. Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder for…

31 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train: WDFC Bridge’s Trial Assembly Completed

Karbonsteel Engineering on a subcontract from Larsen & Toubro – IHI Infrastructure…

31 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bids Invited for Gaimukh – Fountain Hotel Tunnel in Mumbai

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Tuesday invited…

31 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 5 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s Final U-Girder

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) on Monday cast their final of 519 U-girders…

30 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s DDC Contract

October 14, 2024 Update: Gurugram Metro Rail Ltd. (GMRL) has awarded SYSTRA…

30 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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Terratec TBM Records Breakthrough for Mumbai’s AMT-I Water Tunnel

Soma Enterprise and Terratec on June 21 celebrated the completion of tunneling…

29 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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MMRC Publishes Mumbai Metro Line 11’s Revised Alignment Map

This development is from June and might not be news to some of you, but anyways – Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRC) last month invited bids for…

28 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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ICT Wins Bhubaneswar Metro’s Design Consultant Contract BCDD-02

August 2, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd. (ICT) with a contract value of Rs. 13,04,19,000 (13.04…

28 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS to Inspect Delhi Metro’s Krishna Park Extension on July 30

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) this Tuesday (July 30) will perform the final safety inspection for Delhi Metro Magenta Line (Line-8)’s…

28 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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APCO Wins Madh – Versova Cable-Stayed Bridge’s Contract in Mumbai

APCO Infratech today was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil construction of a new 1.53 km cable-stayed bridge between Madh Island – Versova…

26 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 5 Comments
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Leena Wins Mumbai Metro Line 7A & 9’s Electrification Contract CA-176

June 25, 2025 Update: MMRDA has awarded Leena Powertech Engineers – Umesh Brothers JV with a Rs. July 24, 2024 Original Post: Leena Powertech Engineers…

24 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Jakson Wins Chennai Metro Line-5’s E&M Contract EM-03

Jakson Ltd. was today declared as the lowest bidder for Chennai Metro Line-5’s electrical & mechanical (E&M), fire protection, ventilation and…

22 Jul 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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