L&T Only Bidder for Chennai Metro’s CMBT – Venugopal Nagar Section

Larsen & Toubro is once again the only bidder for constructing Chennai Metro Line-5’s 10.2…

16 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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L&T Only Bidder for Chennai Metro’s CMBT – Puzhuthivakkam Section

Larsen & Toubro is the only bidder for the construction of Chennai Metro Line-5’s…

13 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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4 Bidders for 8 Bhopal Metro Stations’ Construction Work

4 construction firms have submitted bids to construct 8 elevated stations between…

13 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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Work Begins on Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR’s Anand-Nadiad Station

Larsen & Toubro and its subcontractor ‘Zed Geotechnics and Construction’…

12 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 13 Comments
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Ahmedabad Metro Sabarmati Bridge’s Final Segment Launched

Back on July 3, Tata Projects Ltd – China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation…

12 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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RINA Wins Surat Metro’s DDC Contract for Tunnel Ventilation & Studies

Multiple industry sources have confirmed to me that RINA S.p.A.’s Indian…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Ranjit Launches Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2’s 1st Pier Cap

Workers from Ranjit Buildcon Ltd. on Friday launched the first ever pier cap…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Ahmedabad Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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L&T, KEC & JMC Bid for Chennai Metro Line-3’s 1st Elevated Section

December 3 Update: CMRL has cancelled this tender and re-invited bids. 3 construction…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 9 Comments
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HG Infra & Krishna Win Delhi UER 2 Project’s Packages 1 & 2

HG Infra Engineering and Krishna Constructions on Friday each won one package of the 74.98 km Delhi Urban Extension Road (UER) II project after National…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 10 Comments
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Gawar, Krishna & Shiv Win Delhi-Dehradun Expressway’s Work

Gawar Construction, Krishna Constructions and Shiv Build India on Friday each won one package of the 210 km Delhi – Saharanpur – Dehradun…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 5 Comments
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Trial Runs Begin on Pune Metro’s Aqua Line at Kothrud

Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) on Thursday night quietly started train testing (trial runs) on a 1.38 km section between Vanaz and Anand…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Pune Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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URCC & Metcon-CP JV Awarded Delhi-Meerut RRTS’ Package 11

Per National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC)’s updated website, URC Construction and Metcon-CP JV in April were each awarded 1 lot of…

10 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi NCR RRTS ⋅ 1 Comment
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19 Bidders for Delhi – Mumbai Expressway JNPT Spur’s Construction

19 construction firms have submitted a total of 42 bids to construct Packages 14, 15 and 16 of the 1350 km Delhi – Mumbai Expressway (DME)…

09 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 17 Comments
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DRA, L&T & TPL Bid for Chennai Metro Line-3’s Underground Stations

3 construction firms have submitted a total of 13 bids to construct 29 underground stations of Chennai’s new 45.81 km Line-3 after Chennai Metro…

09 Jul 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 27 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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