L&T’s 1st Chennai Metro Phase 2 TBM Kaveri Starts Tunneling

Larsen & Toubro on Thursday commissioned S-1327A – their 1st of 8…

17 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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L&T, ITD & Afcons Bid for Kolkata Metro Line-3’s Underground Work

3 firms – Larsen & Toubro, ITD Cementation India and Afcons Infrastructure…

16 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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RBL Casts Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2 Package C3’s 1st Pier

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. last week poured concrete to cast the very first pier for…

16 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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L&T’s Bangalore Metro TBM Lavi Records Breakthrough at RMS

Larsen & Toubro’s Tunnel Boring Machine Lavi (DZ672) on Wednesday recorded…

16 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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5 Bidders for Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 18 in J&K

Five firms today submitted bids to construct 15.3 km Package 18 of the roughly…

15 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Bids Invited for Agra Metro Line-2’s AGCC-06 Elevated Contract

October 18 2023 Update: Tender has been cancelled by UPMRC without offering…

15 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Jindal Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) on February 1 was declared as the lowest…

14 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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KSM Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS Modipuram Depot’s Contract

The final civil contractor of the 82.15 km Delhi – Meerut RRTS project is…

14 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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SP Singla Wins Revas – Karanja Bridge’s Contract Near Mumbai

May 8, 2023 Update: Tender has been cancelled without a proper reason February 13, 2023 Original Post: SP Singla Constructions (SPSCL) was today declared…

13 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bridges ⋅ 2 Comments
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TLL-EVRASCON JV Wins Shudmahadev – Dranga Tunnel’s Contract

Transrail Lighting Ltd – Euro-Asian Construction Corporation (EVRASCON) JV on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct the 8 km Shudmahadev…

12 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Tunnels ⋅ 50 Comments
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4 Bidders for Bangalore Metro’s 318 Coach Contract

Four firms – Alstom Transport India, BEML, CAF and Titagarh Wagons have bid to supply 318 new metro coaches (rolling stock) for the 73.92 km Bangalore…

10 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 12 Comments
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L&T Casts Chennai Metro Line-3’s 1st U-Girder & Pile Cap on OMR

Larsen & Toubro in the past fortnight has recorded two significant milestones for constructing Chennai Metro Line-3’s first 10 km elevated section…

10 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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L&T & Afcons Bid for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C2 Package

Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure are the only firms that have submitted bids to construct 20.377 km Package C-2 of the 508.17 km Mumbai…

09 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 7 Comments
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Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ TBM S89 Records Breakthrough at Meerut Central

Tunnel boring machine S89 operated by Afcons Infrastructure on Tuesday recorded its first tunnel breakthrough at Meerut Central RRTS Station for the 82.15…

08 Feb 2023 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 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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