Afcons’ Agra Metro TBM S115 Records Breakthrough at Raja Ki Mandi

Afcons Infrastructure – Sam India Consortium on Sunday celebrated tunnel boring…

07 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders Qualify for Agra Metro Line-2’s AGCC-07 Contract

Four bidders have qualified for civil construction contract AGCC07 of Agra Metro…

06 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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BMRCL Awards Bangalore Metro Phase 3’s 4 Geotechnical Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates…

06 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Ashoka Wins Kolshet-Kalher & Gaimukh-Payegaon Bridges’ Contracts

Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (ABL) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

06 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Records Chennai Metro Phase 2 TU-02’s 1st Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today celebrated tunnel boring machine DZ1040’s…

05 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ceigall Wins Bhubaneswar Metro Package BBC-05’s Contract

August 14, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA to Ceigall with a contract value…

05 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Bids Invited for Mumbai Metro Line-11’s Geotechnical Work

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRC) this week invited tenders (bids) for…

04 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids Invited for Lucknow Metro East-West Line-2’s Topographical Survey

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) last week invited tenders (bids)…

04 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Bids Invited for Thane Metro’s Design Consultant Contract DDC-01

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Maha-Metro or MMRCL) this week invited tenders (bids) from design engineering firms to appoint a Detailed Design…

04 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Thane Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Thane’s Anand Nagar – Saket Elevated Road’s Contract

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct a 8.24 km elevated road from Anand Nagar (Mulund) to Saket through…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Navayuga Wins Mumbai Eastern Freeway’s Thane Extension Contract

Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. (NECL) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct a 12.955 km extension of Mumbai’s 16.8 km Eastern…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 12 Comments
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Afcons Wins Kasarvadavli – Kharbhav Creek Bridge’s Contract in Maharashtra

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct the 3.93 km Kasarvadavli – Kharbhav Creek Bridge project north-east…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kolkata Metro’s Underground Work to Birati

Kolkata Metro’s Principal Chief Engineer this week invited tenders (bids) for the civil construction contract of 6.87 km Kolkata Metro Line-4’s…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Bridge Over Ahmedabad Metro Tunnels Assembled

Zetwerk on a subcontract from Larsen & Toubro – IHI Infrastructure Systems Consortium this week completed trial assembly on a 100 meter long open…

03 Aug 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 3 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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