Ranjit Casts Surat Metro Line-1 Package CS4’s 1st Pier

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) this Saturday poured concrete to cast their first…

05 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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J Kumar’s Surat Metro TBM Diya (S28B) Starts Tunneling

J Kumar Infraprojects last week commissioned Terratec tunnel boring machine…

05 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T Awarded Chennai Metro Line-4’s Telecom Contract ASA-05

Another contract down! Larsen & Toubro last week was awarded the telecommunication…

04 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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MEIL, GRIL & VDB Awarded Warangal – Khammam Expressway’s Work

Megha Engineering and Infrastructures, G R Infraprojects Ltd. and VDB Projects…

04 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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Pune Metro’s Trial Runs Extended to Ruby Clinic (Reach 3)

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) last week extended trial runs…

04 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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6 Bidders for Kochi Metro Phase 2’s Detailed Design Consultant Work

5 engineering firms and a guy named Rajeev Garg have submitted bids for Kochi…

03 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kochi Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Aurionpro & Paytm Re-Bid for Lucknow Metro’s AFC Re-Engineering Contract

July 26, 2023 Update: Paytm has been awarded a Rs. 8,79,03,470.00 (8.79 crore)…

03 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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CRRC Awarded Chennai Line-4’s Platform Screen Door Contract

Per Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL)’s press release, Zhuzhou CRRC Times…

03 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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ITD Launches Bangalore Metro Reach 1A’s Final Segment

3 days after the inauguration of Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Line, ITD Cementation India launched their final precast segment to complete the “missing…

03 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 18 Comments
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DRA & MEIL Awarded Khammam – Vijayawada Expressway’s Work

Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures on Friday were awarded 3 contracts for 89.43 km Khammam – Vijayawada Expressway…

02 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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ITD’s Chennai Metro TBM S1074B Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht on Friday completed factory acceptance tests (FAT) on S-1074B, their 2nd of 4 machines for 26.1 km Line-4…

02 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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RVNL Wins Kolkata’s Elevated Kona Expressway’s Contract

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct a 7.192 km elevated road on Kolkata’s existing Kona Expressway….

02 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 9 Comments
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Amar Infra JV Awarded Ismailabad – Ambala Expressway’s Contract

Amar Infrastructure – PS Constructions JV last Monday was awarded a Rs. 283.67 crore contract to upgrade the 42.5 km Ismailabad – Ambala section…

02 Apr 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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DBL & MEIL Win Bangalore-Vijayawada Expressway’s 3 Contracts

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (DBL) and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) on Monday were declared as the lowest bidder for 3 civil construction contracts…

29 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 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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