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…

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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Hyderabad Metro Old City Line’s Foundation Stone Unveiled

Telangana’s Chief Minister on Friday unveiled the foundation stone for Hyderabad Metro’s 5.5 km old city metro rail project comprising of 4…

11 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 12 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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