Patel Infra Wins Nagpur – Gondia Expressway’s NG-2A Contract

Patel Infrastructure Ltd. on Monday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct…

16 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Afcons Casts Delhi Metro Golden Line DC-07’s Final Tunnel Segment

Afcons Infrastructure in December-end celebrated casting their final of 8327…

15 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Kalpataru Begins Nagpur Metro Phase 2’s Work for Package C11

Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (KPIL) on Tuesday poured concrete to cast…

15 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons & GRIL Win Pune Ring Road Packages E5, E6 & E7’s Contracts

Afcons Infrastructure and G R Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) on Monday were declared…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Afcons’ Delhi Metro TBM Tejas Records Breakthrough at Maa Anandmayee Marg

Afcons Infrastructure today celebrated Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Tejas’…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s Bridge over NH-64 Completed by MGCPL

MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) this weekend completed building a 210 meter…

14 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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Bangalore Metro Purple Line’s 1st CRRC Train Arrives in Peenya

CRRC on Sunday delivered their first of 21 new train-sets for the purple…

13 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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RVNL – URCC JV Begins Casting Segments for Indore Metro’s Package IN-04

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. – URC Construction (RVNL – URCC) JV this weekend began…

13 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Indore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Meerut Metro’s Trial Runs Begin Between Meerut South & Central

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) today officially started trial runs (train testing) on 23 km Meerut Metro – India’s newest…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Meerut Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Herrenknecht to Supply India’s Largest TBMs for Versova – Dahisar Coastal Road Project

Herrenknecht AG in December announced it will supply two mixshield tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL)…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 9 Comments
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J Kumar Wins Kharghar Coastal Road’s Contract in Navi Mumbai

J Kumar Infraprojects (JKIL) last week was declared as the lowest bidder to construct 9.678 km Kharghar Coastal Road (KCR) after Navi Mumbai’s City…

12 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 13 Comments
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5 Bidders for Patna Metro Priority Corridor’s Track Work Contract PT-09

Five firms have submitted bids to install ballastless standard gauge tracks on Patna Metro Phase 1’s Priority Corridor after the Delhi Metro Rail…

11 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Arun Soil Lab Awarded Lucknow Metro Line-2’s Geotechnical Contract LKGS-01

Arun Soil Lab Pvt. Ltd. on Thursday was awarded a Rs. 58.76 lakh contract to conduct geotechnical soil investigation for 11.165 km Lucknow Metro Phase…

11 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Lucknow Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Godrej & MR Awarded Bangalore Metro ORR Line Stations’ Finishing Contracts

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL)’s updated website indicates the operator in Q4 2024 awarded Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. and MR Constructions…

10 Jan 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 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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