ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM Pelican Starts Tunneling from Panagal Park

ITD Cementation India today commissioned tunnel boring machine S-1075B (TBM…

31 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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Surat Metro’s TBM Tapi Records 1st Breakthrough at Labheshwar Chowk

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV on Friday celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine…

30 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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3 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-12’s Construction Contract CA-240

Three firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of Mumbai Metro’s…

29 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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L&T Launches Delhi – Meerut RRTS Package 3 Lot-2’s Final Segment

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday celebrated launching their final of…

28 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Delhi Metro’s Silver Line Renamed to Golden Line (Line-10)

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)’s management on Thursday officially…

27 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 29 Comments
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18 Firms Qualify for Maharashtra’s New Expressway Projects’ Work

This development is from December and might not be news to some of you, but…

27 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 13 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bhubaneswar Metro Phulapokhari Depot’s Contract BBC-02

Bhubaneswar Metro’s first major civil construction tender notice is out!…

26 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhubaneswar Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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SP Singla Wins New Digha – Sonepur Bridge’s Contract in Bihar

SP Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (SPCPL) on Thursday was declared as the lowest…

26 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 7 Comments
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Voestalpine Wins Patna Metro’s Turnouts & Crossovers Contract PT-4R

February 9, 2024 Update: DMRC has issued contract LOA to Voestalpine VAE VKN India with a value of Rs. 37,58,37,080.00 January 25, 2024 Original Post:…

25 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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KMV Wins Belagavi Airport New Terminal’s Construction Contract

KMV Projects on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil construction work of a new terminal building at Belagavi Airport, also known as…

24 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 4 Comments
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5 Bidders for Kanpur Metro Line-2’s Contract KNPCC-12

Five firms have submitted bids for the civil construction work of Package KNPCC-12 on 8.38 km Kanpur Metro Line-2 (Agriculture University – Barra-8)…

23 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CMRS Inspects Pune Metro’s Ruby Hall – Ramwadi Section (Reach 3)

Janak Kumar Garg – the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) on Monday completed a 2-day final inspection of Pune Metro Aqua Line’s 5.94…

23 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD’s 2nd Chennai Metro TBM Eagle Starts Tunneling for Line-4

ITD Cementation India last week commissioned their second tunnel boring machine, TBM Eagle, at Light House Station on 26.1 km Chennai Metro Line-4’s…

22 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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4 Bidders for Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Electrical & Mechanical Contract E&M-02

May 1, 2024 Update: Colossus Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. is lowest bidder January 20, 2024 Original Post: Four firms in December 2023 submitted bids for Electrical…

20 Jan 2024 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 0 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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