Patel Infra Casts Surat Metro Package CS1’s Final Segment

Patel Infrastructure on Friday cast their final 8.5m wide box segment to construct…

10 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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CEG Wins Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Design Verification Engineer Contract

March 24, 2024 Update: MPMRCL on March 15 issued contract LOA to CEG –…

09 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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MKC Infra Wins Indore Western Bypass’ Package 1 Contract

MKC Infrastructure on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil…

09 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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16 Bidders for Hisar Airport’s New Terminal Contract in Haryana

Sixteen firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of a new integrated…

08 Mar 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 4 Comments
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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 ⋅ 1 Comment
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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 construction of a new 2.04 km bridge between Revas – Karanja over Dharamtar…

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 Metro, Kochi Metro, Kolkata Metro, Pune Metro, and Delhi – Meerut RapidX…

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 final safety inspection of the 17.1 km Duhai – Modinagar North section…

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 km long Indore Western Bypass project on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) after technical…

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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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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