L&T’s TBM Mahavir Records Patna Metro’s 1st Tunnel Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday celebrated their first tunnel breakthrough…

21 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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IRCON Awarded Aizawl Bypass’ Twin Tunnel Contract in Mizoram

IRCON International on Saturday announced it was awarded a Rs. 630.66 crore…

19 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA Bids for Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s DDC Contract

April 5, 2024 Update: HMRTC has canceled the tender yet again. March 18, 2024…

18 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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KSM Awarded Kanpur Metro Agriculture University Depot’s Contract KNPCC-14

Continuing with the string of contracts awarded for Kanpur and Agra metros,…

16 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Ceigall Awarded Agra Metro’s AGCC-05 Contract for Sikandra Link

Besides Kanpur Metro KNPCC-12’s contract, Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL) was…

15 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Ceigall Awarded Kanpur Metro Line 2’s Contract KNPCC-12

Ceigall India Ltd. (CIL) was today awarded a Rs. 427.11 crore contract for the…

15 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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TBM Tatya Records Kanpur Metro KNPCC-05’s Final Tunnel Breakthrough

Historic day! Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Wednesday celebrated tunnel…

14 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Lajpat Nagar – Saket & Inderlok – Indraprastha Lines Approved by Central Govt

The Central Government’s Cabinet today officially approved the Detailed…

13 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bhubaneswar Metro’s Contracts BBC-04 & BBC-05

After publishing Package BBC-03‘s tender notice on Monday, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday published notices for the rest of Bhubaneswar…

13 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bhubaneswar Metro’s Elevated Contract BBC-03

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Monday invited tenders for the civil construction work of Package BBC-03 of Bhubaneswar Metro Phase 1 project…

12 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 20 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Wagholi & Chandni Chowk Extensions Approved by Maharashtra Govt

Maharashtra Government’s cabinet on Monday approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for two elevated extensions of Pune Metro’s 14.665 km…

12 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro Begins Trial Runs to GIFT City

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) on Sunday started trial runs (train testing) on a 5.4 km elevated section of the 28.25 km Ahmedabad Metro Phase…

11 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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RVNL Wins Pune Metro Nigdi Extension’s Construction Contract C-01

March 15, 2024 Update: MahaMetro has issued contract LOA to RVNL with a value of Rs. 339,23,39,132.00 March 11, 2024 Original Post: Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd….

11 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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URC Casts Indore Metro’s Final Segment for Package IN-03 on Super Corridor

Besides Patel Infrastructure in Surat, there was another civil engineering team some 500 km away that celebrated casting their final box segment on Friday….

11 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 4 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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