5 Bidders for Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Design Verification Engineer Work

Five firms in October submitted bids for the Design Verification Engineer (DVE)…

12 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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YFC Wins Delhi Airport T2 to IGI Metro Station’s Subway Work

December 13: 2023: DMRC has awarded YFC Projects’ with a Rs. 25,22,94,789.51…

12 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports, Other, Tunnels ⋅ 7 Comments
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: Afcons Begins Piling Work for Shaft-2

Afcons Infrastructure has started piling work to build Shaft-2 at Mumbai’s…

12 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kanpur Metro Agriculture University Depot’s Contract KNPCC-14

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Monday invited bids for the…

11 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Chennai Metro Line 4’s Open Web Girder Launched over Bypass

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV (HCC – KEC JV) in…

11 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids Invited for Kanpur Metro’s KNPCC-12 Elevated Contract on Line-2

Besides Agra Metro’s Package AGCC-05, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation…

10 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bids Invited for Agra Metro’s AGCC-05 Elevated Contract on Line-1

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) on Monday invited tenders for the…

10 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Ayesa Wins Jaipur Metro Phase 1C & 1D’s DDC Contract

November 20, 2023 Update: DMRC has awarded Ayesa India with a Rs. 3,19,97,000…

10 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: BARSYL-Habog JV Wins Feasibility Contract

December 15, 2023 Update: Balaji Railroad Systems – Habog Consultants JV has been awarded a Rs. 24,95,000.00 contract by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd….

09 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 48 Comments
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L&T’s Delhi Metro Silver Line TBM DZ1122 Records 1st Breakthrough

Larsen & Toubro today celebrated the first ever tunnel breakthrough for Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Silver Line (Line-10) which will connect…

09 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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NECPL Wins Udaipur Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Nyati Engineers and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (NECPL) in mid-October was declared as the lowest bidder for the civil construction work of a new terminal building…

09 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 0 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4: PADECO-led JV Wins Consultant Contract DCS-1B

PADECO – Mott MacDonald – Hill International – BARSYL consortium has been finalized to provide consultancy services for the 65.1 km Delhi…

08 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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5 Bidders for Ayodhya Airport Phase 2’s Consultant Contract

Five firms have submitted bids to provide architectural and engineering consultancy services for Phase 2 of Ayodhya Airport’s construction in Faizabad,…

08 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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Delhi Metro Silver Line: L&T Lowers DC-09’s 3rd TBM DZ1125

Larsen & Toubro last night completed lowering tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1125 at Chhatarpur Mandir Station of Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Silver…

08 Nov 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 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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