HCC – KEC JV Launches Chennai Metro Line-4 ECV-02’s Final U-Girder

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International (HCC – KEC JV) last week…

15 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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GRIL Wins Agra – Gwalior Expressway’s Construction Contract

GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) on Thursday was declared as the preferred bidder…

14 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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Alstom Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 96 Coach Contract ARE04A

May 22, 2025 Update: CMRL has issued LOA to Alstom with a contract value of…

13 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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L&T’s Patna Metro TBM-3 Records Breakthrough at Patna Junction

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday celebrated their third tunnel breakthrough…

13 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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8 Bidders for Jhansi Link Expressway’s DPR Consultant Contract

Eight design and engineering firms today submitted bids to prepare a Detailed…

11 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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DB & DMRC Bid for Chennai Metro Phase 2’s O&M Contract

Deutsche Bahn International Operations GmbH (DB IO) and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation…

11 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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JKIL’s Delhi Metro TBM Sonakshi Records Breakthrough at Vasant Kunj

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) S63B’s…

06 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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KPIL Casts Bhopal Metro Underground Line’s 1st Tunnel Segment

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV in February-end…

04 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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KPIL’s Kanpur Metro TBM Saraswati Starts Tunneling from Rawatpur

Bangalore Metro’s TBM Tunga is back! Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) – Gulermak JV this week commissioned their second tunnel…

01 Mar 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Thane – Borivali Tunnel Project’s 1st TBM S-1400A Passes Factory Tests

The first mega tunnel boring machine (TBM) for Mumbai’s 11.84 km Thane – Borivali twin tunnel project passed factory acceptance tests (FAT) this…

28 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 1 Comment
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4 Bidders for Indore-Ujjain, Mumbai & Delhi NCR’s New Metro Lines’ Geotechnical Investigation

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in January received 4 bids for geotechnical soil investigation works of Indore – Ujjain Metro in Madhya Pradesh,…

27 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro, Mumbai Metro, Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other ⋅ 15 Comments
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L&T’s Delhi Metro TBM-4 Records Breakthrough at IGNOU Station

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today celebrated tunnel boring machine (TBM) DZ1124’s tunnel breakthrough at IGNOU Station of Delhi Metro’s 23.622 km Golden…

25 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Bridge over NE-4 Completed by MGCPL

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) this weekend completed building a 260 meter long balanced cantilever (CLC) bridge under Package P1(B) for the 508.17 km Mumbai…

25 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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3 Bidders for Doloo Airport’s DPR Contract in Assam

Three consulting firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a new greenfield airport at Doloo near Silchar, Assam after Airports…

25 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 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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