DBL Casts Bhopal Metro Package 1’s Final Segment

Dilip Buildcon Ltd. today cast the final of 1851 precast segments for the viaduct…

29 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bhopal Metro ⋅ 7 Comments
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DRA Wins Raipur – Vizag Expressway’s Package OD-7

Dineshchandra R Agrawal Infracon Pvt. Ltd today emerged as the lowest bidder…

29 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 8 Comments
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Patel Casts Surat Metro Phase 1’s First Segment

Engineers from Patel Infrastructure on Thursday began pouring concrete to cast…

29 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 6 Comments
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SNC Casts Bangalore Metro ORR Line Package 2’s 1st Pier

Shankaranarayana Constructions (SNC) this week cast their first pier in Doddanekundi…

29 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 16 Comments
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Bids Invited for Surat Metro Line-2’s Construction Work

Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRC) on Friday launched the tendering…

29 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Surat Metro ⋅ 0 Comments
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8 Bidders for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor’s C-1 Priority Section

April 22, 2022 Update: KCC Buildcon is lowest bidder – see details. January…

28 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor ⋅ 7 Comments
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Bangalore Metro’s TBM Varada Restarts Tunneling to Langford Town

Tunnel Boring Machine S-1264 operated by Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday was…

28 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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Sam Completes Agra Metro’s Piling & T-Girder Erection

Sam India Builtwell in the past week recorded two important milestones for Agra…

26 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bids Invited for Bangalore Metro Challaghatta Depot’s Work

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) last week invited tender for the civil construction of the Purple Line’s Challaghatta Depot & Workshop….

26 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 2 Comments
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HCC-KEC Casts Chennai Metro Line-4’s 1st U-Girder

HCC – KEC JV (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. – KEC International Consortium) last week completed casting the 1st U-girder for Chennai Metro Line-4’s…

26 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Chennai Metro ⋅ 17 Comments
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Afcons Awarded Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s DC-05 Contract

Another one down! Afcons Infrastructure on Friday was awarded a Rs. 2481.50 crore contract by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for constructing Package…

18 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 25 Comments
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5 Bidders for Agra Metro’s Electrification Contract AGE-1 & 2

5 firms (2 in a consortia) have submitted bids for the 750 V DC Third Rail electrification system of Agra Metro Phase 1 project, after the Uttar Pradesh…

18 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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Terratec TBM S80 Makes Breakthrough for Mumbai Sewage Project

After the water tunneling project I covered the other day, here’s another significant tunneling job from Mumbai that needed more coverage. Tunnel…

18 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Other, Tunnels ⋅ 0 Comments
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Afcons Awarded Delhi Metro Silver Line’s DC-07 Contract

Afcons Infrastructure on Thursday was awarded a Rs. 1669.20 crore contract by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for constructing Package DC07 of the…

17 Jan 2022 ⋅ by ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 10 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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