ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM S1352A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Tuesday completed factory…

18 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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YFC-MCL JV Launches Patna Metro Line-1’s 1st Pier Cap

YFC Projects – Montecarlo JV on Monday erected their first 10m wide pier cap…

17 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Bids Invited for Hyderabad Airport Metro Line’s Civil & System Contract

Hyderabad Airport Metro Ltd. (HAML) on Monday invited bids for the civil construction…

17 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Hyderabad Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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5 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-5’s UG06 Tunneling Work

5 civil construction firms (2 in a consortium) have submitted bids for underground…

16 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T Launches Delhi – Meerut RAPIDX Package 3 Lot-1’s Final Segment

Larsen & Toubro on Saturday morning celebrated launching the final of 5593…

15 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Electrification DDC Contract

SYSTRA MVA Consulting on Tuesday was declared as the lowest bidder for the…

14 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Gurugram Metro HUDA – Cyber City Line’s DDC Contract

February 8, 2024 Update: HMRTC has scrapped the tender and re-invited bids under…

12 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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3 Bidders for Shirdi Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Three construction firms have applied to construct a new terminal building at…

11 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 7 Comments
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Delhi-Meerut RAPIDX TBM Sudarshan 4.3 Records 2nd Breakthrough

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) today celebrated tunnel boring machine Sudarshan 4.3’s second tunnel breakthrough at Sahibabad UP Ramp in…

10 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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10 Bidders for Versova Virar Sealink’s Geotechnical Work in Mumbai

10 surveying firms have submitted bids for 43 km Versova – Virar Sealink project (VVSLP)’s detailed geotechnical investigation work after Mumbai…

09 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 19 Comments
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SNC Launches Bangalore Metro ORR Line P2’s 100th U-Girder Span

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC)’s launching crew on Friday night celebrated the erection of their 100th U-girder span for Bangalore Metro’s…

08 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Mumbai Line-2B’s Station Roof & Finishing Work

October 16, 2023 Update: MMRDA has awarded contract LOA to J Kumar Infra valued at Rs. 99.29 crore May 7, 2023 Original Post: J Kumar Infraprojects in…

07 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Lowers Delhi Metro Silver Line Package DC-07’s 1st TBM

Afcons Infrastructure on Friday started lowering parts of TBM 372, the first tunnel boring machine for Package DC-07, at Airforce Launch Shaft of Delhi…

07 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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NCC Launches Bangalore Metro Airport Line Package 2’s 1st U-Girder

NCC Ltd. on Friday night launched the 1st of 730 U-girders for Package 2 of Bangalore Metro’s 37 km Airport Line (Blue Line) which will link Bengaluru’s Kempegowda…

06 May 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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