3 Bidders for Trans Haryana Expressway’s Jalbehra – Shahbad Extn

3 construction firms have submitted bids to build and operate the 22.85 km Jalbehra…

24 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 3 Comments
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Himcon Begins Delhi Metro Mukundpur Depot’s Expansion Work

Himcon Engineers (India) has started remodeling work at Delhi Metro Pink Line’s…

24 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Phase 2’s 72 Coach Contract

With the execution of CRRC’s 216 coach contract going nowhere, Bangalore…

23 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 28 Comments
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4 Bidders for Imphal Airport’s New Terminal Contract

Four construction firms have submitted bids for the new integrated terminal…

22 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Airports ⋅ 1 Comment
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KCC Wins Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor C-1 Priority Section’s Contract

May 14, 2022 Update: KCC Buildcon has been issued LOA with a contract value…

22 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 8 Comments
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SYSTRA Wins Agra & Kanpur Metro Line 2’s DDC Contract

May 17, 2022 Update: UPMRC has issued contract LOA to SYSTRA with a value of…

18 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro, Kanpur Metro ⋅ 8 Comments
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Alstom Wins Chennai Metro Phase 2’s 78 Coach Contract

November 2023 Update: Alstom and CMRL have signed a deal for another 30 coaches…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 13 Comments
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4 Bidders for Ludhiana Bypass’ Construction Work

4 construction firms have submitted bids to construct the 25.24 km Southern…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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Work Begins for Delhi Metro’s Underground Magenta Line DC-05

Cengrs Geotechnica through a subcontract from Afcons Infrastructure last week began geotechnical and geophysical investigation work for Package DC05 of…

14 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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L&T Wins Chennai Metro Line-3’s Elevated OMR Section’s Work

Larsen & Toubro today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing Chennai Metro Line-3’s first 10 km elevated package between Nehru Nagar – Sholinganallur…

12 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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L&T Launches DFC Girders over Noida Metro’s Aqua Line

Back in March-end, Larsen & Toubro launched six 31 meter long girders for the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor’s line over Noida Metro’s…

12 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro, Other ⋅ 1 Comment
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Siemens Wins Kolkata Metro Line 3 & 6’s CBTC Signaling Contract

Per a reliable source, Siemens Ltd. on March 28 emerged as the lowest bidder for the signalling system of Kolkata Metro’s under construction 15.246…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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TPL Casts Pune Metro Line-3’s 1st Pier at Hinjewadi

Workers from Pune IT City Metro Rail Ltd. this weekend poured concrete to cast their first pier in Hinjawadi for Pune Metro’s 23.3 km Line-3 which…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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ITD Begins Work on Chennai Metro Line-4’s Underground Section

ITD Cementation has officially started pre-construction work at Marina Beach for Chennai Metro Line-4’s 10 km underground section connecting Power House…

11 Apr 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 8 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 – 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 – 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
• Indore: May 31 2025 – 5.8 km

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