J Kumar Begins Surat Metro Railway Station’s Piling Work

J Kumar Infraprojects a fortnight ago began piling works for constructing the…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Urja Starts Tunneling to Pottery Town

Engineers from Larsen & Toubro last week re-commissioned Tunnel Boring Machine…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 14 Comments
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GR Infra Wins Noida Metro Aqua Line Extension’s Work

GR Infraprojects Ltd. (GRIL) today emerged as the lowest bidder for constructing…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Noida & Greater Noida Metro ⋅ 15 Comments
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(Pics) Kanpur Metro Inaugurated by PM Modi

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated Kanpur Metro Phase…

28 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kanpur Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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16 Bidders for Kanpur Lucknow Expressway’s Package 1

February 23, 2022 Update: PNC Infratech is lowest bidder – see details….

27 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 25 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s 1st Pile Cap

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pile cap at…

24 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 21 Comments
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4 Bidders for Mumbai – Ahmedabad HSR’s T3 Track Work

4 firms have bid to design, manufacture and install tracks (Package T-3) of…

23 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 0 Comments
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Krishna Wins Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Haridwar Spur’s Work

Krishna Constellation Pvt. Ltd. on Wednesday emerged as the lowest bidder to…

23 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 19 Comments
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Translink Wins GAD Work for 2365 KM of High Speed Rail Lines

December 31 Update: Translink has received a LOA contract from NHSRCL December 21 Original Post: Translink Infrastructure Consultants today emerged as…

21 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 16 Comments
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Afcons Launches Nagpur Metro Reach 2’s Final Segment

Afcons Infrastructure this weekend celebrated the launch of their final of approximately 2000 segments for constructing Nagpur Metro’s 7.144 km Reach-2…

21 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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Tata Completes Ahmedabad Metro’s Cantilever Bridge at Thaltej

In west Ahmedabad, Tata Projects – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (TPL-CCECC) JV has completed construction for a crucial bridge on…

21 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Nagpur Metro Gaddigodam Bridge’s Trial Assembly Completed

Fabtech Engineering Pvt. Ltd. last week completed trial assembly and load testing for an open web girder steel bridge for Nagpur Metro Phase 1’s…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Mumbai Metro Line-9’s 1st U-Girder Launched by Straddle Carrier

On early Sunday morning, J Kumar Infraprojects and Sunder Cranes erected the first two 28m U-girders for constructing Mumbai Metro’s 11.38 km Line-9 (Red…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Mumbai Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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ITD Unearths Kolkata Metro’s TBMs Urvi & Chandi at Bowbazar

Workers from ITD Cementation have over the past month reached the bottom of Bowbazar Shaft to begin dismantling two tunnel boring machines that built a…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Kolkata Metro ⋅ 22 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 – 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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