Ahmedabad Metro: Narmada Canal Extradosed Bridge’s 1st Segment Launched

Besides the 810m Sabarmati River Bridge, the 28.254 km Ahmedabad Metro…

25 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Texmaco Wins Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Track Contract DT-08

January 4, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Texmaco Rail & Engineering…

24 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Airport City Station’s Construction

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) last week invited pre-qualification…

24 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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KPIL – Gulermak Awarded Kanpur Metro Line 2’s Underground Contract KNPCC-11

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV on Thursday was…

23 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Himcon Wins Patna Metro Stations’ Finishing & PEB Contract PC-01A

January 17, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded Himcon Engineers with…

23 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Bidders for Kanpur Metro Agriculture University Depot’s Contract KNPCC-14

Five civil engineering firms on Friday submitted bids for the civil construction…

23 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Sabarmati Bridge’s Final Segment Launched by Afcons

Afcons Infrastructure this week celebrated launching their final precast box…

22 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Versova – Dahisar Coastal Road: L&T, MEIL, APCO & JKIL-NCC Win Contracts

February 5, 2024 Update: BMC has awarded contracts for all 6 packages of the…

22 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 34 Comments
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4 Bidders for Pune Metro Line 4 & 5’s PPP Transaction Advisor Contract

December 27, 2023 Update: Credible Management and Consultants is the lowest bidder after placing a bid of Rs. 49 lakh. December 22, 2023 Original Post:…

22 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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DRA – DMRC Wins Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Thane Depot’s Contract

Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DRA – DMRC JV) on Wednesday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct Thane…

21 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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Kalpataru Wins Delhi Metro Phase 4’s Electrification Contract DE-08

January 25, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued LOA and awarded a Rs. 279,26,71,779.84 contract to Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL). December 21,…

21 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kochi Metro Phase 2: Afcons, KEC & RVNL Bid for Construction Work

Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) today received 3 bids for the civil construction contract of Kochi Metro’s Phase 2 project which comes with a tight…

20 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Agra Metro’s TBM Shivaji Records 2nd Breakthrough at Taj Mahal Ramp

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium last Wednesday celebrated the second tunnel breakthrough by tunnel boring machine (TBM) Shivaji (S-718C)…

20 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids Invited for Pune Metro Nigdi Extension’s Construction Work

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (Maha-Metro) last week invited bids for the civil construction work of a 4.519 km new viaduct to extend Pune Metro’s 16.589…

19 Dec 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 3 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 – 75.2 km
• Gurgaon: 14 November 2013 – 12.1 km
• Mumbai: 8 June 2014 – 59.2 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 – 8.7 km
• Pune: 6 March 2022 – 31.2 km
• Navi Mumbai: 17 November 2023 – 11.1 km
• Agra: March 6 2024 – 5.2 km

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