24 Bidders for Agra Bypass: NH-2 to Yamuna Expressway Link

24 construction firms have submitted bids to build the 17.728 km Agra Bypass…

12 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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L&T’s TBM Mavala Records Breakthrough for Mumbai Coastal Road

Mavala, the largest tunnel boring machine to ever be deployed in India, today…

10 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways, Tunnels ⋅ 7 Comments
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Agra Metro’s PAC Depot Takes Shape & Tracks Arrive

With station & viaduct works on Agra Metro Line-1’s 8 km Priority…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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L&T Awarded Mumbai – Ahmedabad Bullet Train’s C5 Contract

India’s National National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) on…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 5 Comments
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1st STEC TBM Arrives for Delhi – Meerut RRTS at Anand Vihar

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. (STEC) on Friday morning received their…

08 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 20 Comments
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Datamatics JV Awarded Delhi – Meerut RRTS’ AFC Contract

Datamatics Global Services – AEP Ticketing Solutions (DM-AEP-26A…

07 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBMs Vamika & Avni Record Breakthroughs

Tunnel Boring Machines Vamika on Monday and Avni today recorded their first…

06 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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KEC Wins Patna Metro’s Electrification Work PE-03

April 12, 2022 Update: DMRC has awarded KEC International and issued a LOA with…

06 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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14 Bidders for Raipur – Vizag Expressway’s Packages OD-7 & OD-8

14 construction firms have submitted a total of 20 bids for packages OD-7 and OD-8 of the 464 km Raipur – Visakhapatnam Economic Corridor (NH-130CD &…

31 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 21 Comments
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HCC Records Delhi Metro Phase 4’s 1st TBM Breakthrough

HCC – VCCL JV’s tunnel boring machine S86 today made the first breakthrough of the 65.10 km Delhi Metro Phase 4 project at Krishna Park Extension…

31 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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FAT Completed for Afcons’ Delhi – Meerut RRTS TBMs

Terratec has announced the completion of factory acceptance tests for 3 tunnel boring machines for use by Afcons Infrastructure on the 5.68 km underground…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 9 Comments
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Crossovers Cast for Bangalore Metro’s Whitefield Extension

Workers from Texmaco Rail and Engineering have over the past 3 months cast 3 track crossovers for Bangalore Metro’s 15.257 km Reach 1A & 1B (Baiyyappanahalli…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 10 Comments
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HCC-KEC Bores Chennai Metro Line-5’s 1st Test Pile

Hindustan Construction Company – KEC International JV this week bored their first test pile for Chennai Metro Phase 2 project’s Package C5-ECV-03…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 1 Comment
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L&T & YFC Awarded Patna Metro’s Construction Contracts

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday awarded Larsen & Toubro and YFC – MCL JV with two major civil construction contracts for Patna…

30 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Patna Metro ⋅ 26 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 – 351.2 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 – 58.7 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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