Tata’s TBM Kurinji for Chennai Metro’s Line-5 Starts Tunneling

Tata Projects Ltd. (TPL) on Wednesday commissioned their first tunnel boring…

20 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 11 Comments
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NCC Wins Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Package C4B for 9 Stations

April 25, 2025 Update: KRIDE has issued LOA to NCC with a contract valued at…

18 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T Casts Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st Set of U-Girders

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday poured concrete to cast their first…

18 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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IRCON Wins Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Power Supply & E&M Contract CA-233

June 25, 2025 Update: MMRDA has awarded IRCON with a Rs. 668.15 crore contract….

16 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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IRCON – Jakson JV Wins Mumbai Metro Line-4’s Power Supply & E&M Contract CA-236

IRCON International – Jakson Ltd. JV on Wednesday was declared as the…

16 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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L&T – Alstom Win Mumbai Metro Line 4’s Rolling Stock & Signaling Contract CA-234

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday was declared as the lowest bidder to…

15 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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5 Bidders for Hyderabad Regional Ring Road Southern Section’s DPR Consultant

Five design and engineering firms have submitted bids to prepare a Detailed…

12 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 7 Comments
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HGIEL Launches Delhi Metro’s U-Girders at Mongolpuri over Railway Line

H.G. Infra Engineering (HGIEL) this week launched two pre-stressed concrete…

08 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-6’s Station Finishing Contracts Awarded for 13 Stations

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) in January awarded 3 contracts for architectural finishing work at 13 elevated stations of Mumbai…

04 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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6th OWG for Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train Launched over WDFC near Surat

M G Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) on Friday completed launching their sixth open web girder (OWG) bridge for the 508.17 Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed…

03 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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No Bidders for Gurugram Metro’s Proof Checking Consultant Contract

Gurugram Metro Rail Ltd. (GMRL) this week received zero bids for the Proof Checking Consultant contract of Gurgaon Metro‘s 28.5 km new…

02 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Gurgaon Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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3 Bidders for Bengaluru Suburban Rail’s Head Hardened Rails Contract

Three firms on Friday submitted bids to supply 19000 MT of head-hardened rails for the 149.35 km Bengaluru Suburban Rail project after Karnataka’s…

02 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bengaluru Suburban Rail ⋅ 2 Comments
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URCC Wins Bangalore Metro Veerannapalya Station’s Contract for Pending Work

February 7, 2025 Update: BMRCL has issued LOA and awarded a Rs. 35.74 crore contract to URC Constructions. February 1, 2025 Original Post: URC Constructions…

01 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T Casts Agra Metro Line-2’s 1st Pile Cap at Agra Cantt

Larsen & Toubro this week poured concrete to cast their first pile cap for the civil construction of Agra Metro Phase 1 project’s 15.09…

01 Feb 2025 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 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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