16 Bidders for Atal Progressway (Chambal Expressway)’s Work in MP

16 firms have submitted 29 bids for 408.77 km Atal Progressway (Chambal…

14 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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Agra Metro Priority Corridor’s Final U-Girder Launched by Sam India

Sam India Builtwell on Monday launched final of 196 U-girders for Agra…

14 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Alstom Begins Production of Bhopal & Indore Metros’ 1st Train

Alstom Transport India today formally started manufacturing 52 Movia train-sets…

13 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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11 Bidders for Varanasi – Kolkata Expressway’s Packages 11-13

11 firms have submitted a total of 25 bids for the civil construction work of…

13 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Rithwik Wins Mumbai Metro Line-5 Kasheli Depot’s Civil Contract

September 14, 2023 Update: MMRDA has awarded Rithwik Projects with Line-5 Depot’s…

12 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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Ranjit Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 C3’s 1st U-Girder

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) on Tuesday launched the first pair of 27.90m long…

11 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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5 Bidders for Gorakhpur Bypass’ Construction Work

5 firms have submitted bids for 26.6 km Gorakhpur North-East Bypass’ civil…

11 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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NKC, PNC & GRIL Win Varanasi – Kolkata Expressway’s Contracts

That was quick! NKC Projects, PNC Infratech & G R Infraprojects on Thursday…

10 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 17 Comments
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4 Bidders for Ambala Ring Road Phase 2’s Construction Contract

4 firms have submitted bids to construct 55 km Ambala Ring Road project’s 22.524 km Phase 2 after National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened…

09 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Bidders for Ismailabad – Ambala Expressway’s Contract

March 27 2023 Update: Amar Infrastructure – PS Construction JV has been awarded its contract / LOA with a value of Rs. 283,67,00,000. March 8 2023…

08 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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SBI Bids for Agra Metro’s Automatic Fare Collection Contract

State Bank of India (SBI) today emerged as the only bidder for the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) contract (Package AGAFC-01) of Agra Metro Phase…

07 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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9 Bidders for Bangalore-Vijayawada Expressway’s Packages 7-10

9 firms have submitted a total of 22 bids for the civil construction contracts of 518 km Bengaluru – Vijayawada Expressway project’s packages 7,…

07 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 4 Comments
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Tatya Starts 2nd Drive from Chunniganj

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell JV last Friday recommissioned tunnel boring machine S92 at Kanpur Metro Phase 1 Package KNPCC-05’s Chunniganj Station….

07 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Agra Metro’s 1st Alstom Train Arrives at PAC Depot

Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) today received their first Alstom Movia train-set for the 29.40 km Agra Metro Phase 1 project…

06 Mar 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 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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