14 Bidders for Shamli – Ambala Expressway Package 1 & 2’s Work

14 construction firms today submitted 20 bids to construct the 44.9 km Package…

08 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 2 Comments
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L&T’s Chennai Metro TBM S1327A Passes Factory Tests

Tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknecht this weekend completed factory…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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Kanpur Metro’s TBM Nana Starts Tunneling at Bada Chauraha

Gulermak – Sam India Builtwell on Monday commissioned tunnel boring machine…

07 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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RVNL – ISC JV Wins Surat Metro Line-1’s Track Work Contract

January 5, 2023: GMRC has issued LOA to RVNL – ISC JV with a contract…

06 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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KEC JV Wins Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s Track Work Contract

March 2023 Update: GMRC has issued LOA to VNC – KEC – Emrail JV…

06 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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12 Bidders for Jewar Airport Link with Delhi – Mumbai Expressway

12 construction firms have submitted bids to construct the 30 km Jewar Airport…

05 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 6 Comments
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UMTC & Aarvee Win MRTS Feasibility Contracts for Salem, Trichy & Tirunelveli

Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers and Consultants and Urban Mass Transit…

05 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro, Other ⋅ 4 Comments
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Jindal Only Bidder for Bhopal & Indore Metros’ Track Contract

December 6, 2022 Update: MPMRCL has issued LOA to JSPL with a contract value…

04 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro, Indore Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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SYSTRA JV Wins Delhi – SNB RRTS’ General Consultant Contract

SYSTRA – Egis Rail – Consulting Engineers Group JV has emerged as the preferred bidder for the General Consultant (GC) work of the 106.5 km Delhi…

03 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 7 Comments
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Ranjit Buildcon Wins Surat Metro Line-1 Package CS4’s Work

Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. (RBL) on Saturday emerged as the lowest bidder to construct the 4.15 km Sarthana – North Ramp section of Surat Metro’s 22.77…

03 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Dilip Buildcon Wins Surat Metro Line-2 Package CS6’s Work

December 4, 2022: Dilip Buildcon has been issued LOA by GMRC for Package CS-6’s construction with a contract value of Rs. 702 crore July 3, 2022…

03 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Records Breakthrough at Pottery Town

Larsen & Toubro’s Tunnel Boring Machine Urja (DZ670) on Thursday afternoon recorded its second breakthrough at Pottery Town Station for Bangalore…

01 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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STEC’s 3rd TBM for Delhi – Meerut RRTS Starts Tunneling

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) this week commissioned Sudarshan 4.3 – their 3rd of four tunnel boring machines to construct the 82.15…

01 Jul 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 2 Comments
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8 Bidders for Delhi – Katra Expressway’s Package 17 in J&K

Eight firms have submitted bids to construct the 28.92 km Package 17 of the roughly 650 km Delhi – Amritsar – Katra (DAK) Expressway after…

30 Jun 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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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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