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 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in High Speed Rail ⋅ 17 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…

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…

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…

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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Trials Begin on Nagpur Metro Aqua Line’s Reach 4

Maha-Metro on Friday launched train trial runs (testing) on Nagpur Metro’s 8.15 km Reach-4 of the 19.4 km Aqua Line between Sitabuldi –…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Nagpur Metro ⋅ 3 Comments
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Bangalore Metro ORR Line’s 1st Pier Takes Shape

Workers from Afcons Infrastructure have started tying up rebar between Bellandur and Ibblur to construct the first pier (pillar) of Bangalore Metro’s…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Bangalore Metro ⋅ 5 Comments
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IRCON Wins Ludhiana – Rupnagar Expressway’s Package 3

December 22 Update: NHAI has issued contract LOA to IRCON International December 20 Original Post: IRCON International last week emerged as the lowest…

20 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Expressways ⋅ 1 Comment
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EIB Approves Agra Metro’s 450 mn Euro Loan

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s Board of Directors on Wednesday officially approved a 450 million Euro (approx. Rs. 3860 crore) loan for the…

18 Dec 2021 ⋅ by ⋅ in Agra Metro ⋅ 4 Comments
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Commencement date of metro operations along with current operational length:

• Kolkata: 24 October 1984 – 73.1 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 – 79.5 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
• Bhopal: December 21, 2025 – 6.2 km

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