J Kumar Wins Chennai Port – Maduravoyal Expressway’s Package 2

J Kumar Infraprojects was today declared as the lowest bidder to construct 5.096…

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J Kumar Casts D-Wall for Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Aerocity TBM Shaft

J Kumar Infraprojects last week began pouring concrete to construct the diaphragm…

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9 Bidders for Rajahmundry Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Nine firms have submitted bids to construct the new terminal building of Rajahmundry…

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KEC-VNC JV Launches Kochi Metro Phase 1B’s Final I-Girder

KEC International Ltd. – Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. last week launched…

05 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons-SAM’s Agra Metro TBM Ganga Records Breakthrough at Fort

Afcons Infrastructure – SAM India Consortium late last night celebrated the…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Delhi Metro Magenta Line DC-05’s 1st TBM Bhoomi Starts Tunneling

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday commissioned TBM S-710 – the first tunnel…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bhopal Metro Blue Line’s Civil Work (BH05)

Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MPMRCL) on Thursday invited tenders…

03 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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BEML Wins Bangalore Metro’s 72 Coach Rolling Stock Contract 6RS-DM

BEML Ltd. was today declared as the lowest bidder among 3 firms to manufacture…

02 Jun 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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11 Bidders for Mumbai Metro Line-12 Kalyan – Taloja’s Civil Work

11 firms have submitted a total of 19 bids for the construction work of Mumbai Metro’s 20.75 km Line-12 (Orange Line) which will connect Kalyan – Dombivali…

31 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Mavala Records Final Breakthrough for Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project

Mavala, the largest tunnel boring machine to ever be deployed in India, on Tuesday made its second and final breakthrough at Priyadarshini Park Ramp for…

31 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Thane Depot D1 Contract

4 firms (2 in a consortium) have submitted bids to construct Thane Depot (Package D-1) to support operations on the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High…

30 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 6 Comments
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Afcons Lowers Delhi Metro Magenta Line Package DC-05’s TBM 367

Afcons Infrastructure this weekend started lowering parts of TBM 367 at Nabi Karim Station of Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s 28.92 km Janakpuri West –…

30 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Inaugurates Delhi Metro Silver Line TBM Amrit’s Tunneling Work

Afcons Infrastructure on Monday inaugurated Tunnel Boring Machine 372 (Amrit) at Airforce Launch Shaft of Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Silver Line which…

30 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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5 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s General Consultant Contract

5 firms have submitted bids for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s General Consultant (GC) contract after Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) opened technical bids…

29 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 6 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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