L&T Lowers Patna Metro’s 3rd TBM at Gandhi Maidan Station

Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday lowered their 3rd of four tunnel boring machines…

19 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Kanpur Ring Road: 9 Firms Qualify for Package 3’s Work

October 30, 2023 Update: Hillways Construction Company – Gour Road Tar Coat…

19 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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KPIL – Gulermak JV Wins Kanpur Metro Line 2’s KNPCC-11 Underground Contract

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

18 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line 4, 4A, 5 & 9: JSPL Only Bidder for Head Hardened Rails

February 13, 2024 Update: Both tenders for CA-202 and CA-203 have been cancelled…

18 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Afcons’ 1st Kanpur Metro TBM Azad Starts Tunneling

Afcons Infrastructure in September quietly commissioned their first tunnel boring…

18 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s CLC Bridge over NH-48 Starts Taking Shape

South-east of Surat, a new 250 meter long balanced cantilever (CLC) bridge is…

17 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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Delhi – Meerut RAPIDX to be Inaugurated on October 20 by PM Modi

We have a date! Per an industry source, the 17 km long Priority Corridor of…

17 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 14 Comments
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Delhi Metro Phase 4: 4 Bidders for Head Hardened Rails’ Retender

4 firms – ArcelorMittal, Jindal, Mitsui and Voestalpine – have submitted…

15 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore – Hosur Metro: 11 Bidders for Feasibility Study Report

11 firms have submitted bids to Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) for preparing a detailed feasibility report (DFR) to construct a metro line between Bommasandra…

15 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro, Chennai Metro ⋅ 64 Comments
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SC Agarwal Wins Patna Metro New ISBT Depot’s Track-Work Contract

November 5, 2023 Update: DMRC has awarded PT-08R’s Rs. 22.76 crore contract to SC Agarwal. October 15 Original Post: S.C. Agarwal in late-September…

15 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Chennai Metro Phase 2: L&T, KEC & BEL Bid for Telecom Contract

3 firms have submitted bids to commission Chennai Metro line 3 and 5’s telecommunications system (Package ASA08) after Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL)…

14 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Jaipur Metro Phase 1C & 1D: Ayesa & CEG Bid for DDC Contract

Bidders for Jaipur Metro’s Phase 1C and Phase 1D‘s Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) contract, where technical bids were opened…

12 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Jaipur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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6 Bidders for Bhopal Metro’s Underground Contract BH-04

6 firms have submitted bids to construct the 3.39 km underground section of Bhopal Metro’s Orange Line after Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation…

11 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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3 Bidders for Bihar Museum – Patna Museum Tunnel’s Retender

Four firms (2 in a consortium) have submitted bids to construct a 1.5 km pedestrian tunnel connecting Bihar & Patna museums in Patna after Delhi Metro…

10 Oct 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro, Tunnels ⋅ 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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