At a cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to begin work on the first phase of the Lucknow metro rail project on North-South corridor. The project would be implemented on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The state government formed the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) to oversee the construction work and finali
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DMRC to sign pact with monorail body
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) would sign a general consultancy agreement with Kerala Monorail Corporation for the Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode monorail projects, which may together cost Rs 5,581 crore. Of the total project investment, Rs 3,590 crore would go for Thiruvananthapuram project and Rs 1,991 crore for Kozhikode project. DMRC would get 3.25 per cent of the total inv
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DMRC awards Rs 3.8 bn contract to Era Infra for Kochi project
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded a Rs 383.7 crore contract to Era Infra Engineering (EIEL) for the construction of elevated viaduct, five elevated stations at the Kochi Metro Rail corridor in Kerala. The contractor is also responsible for architectural finishing, plumbing works of stations on Alwaye-Petta line of Kochi Metro Rail Project. EIEL is an integrated infrastructure company with its presence across the country
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Panel proposes 50% funding from centre for metro project
Uttar Pradesh government-appointed panel has proposed to implement the Rs 1,800 crore metro rail project in Lucknow by securing 50 percent funding from the central government. The state government appointed a high-level committee headed by Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani to work out the details of the project
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UT govt takes steps for Rs 109 bn metro rail project
The UT administration of Chandigarh is taking steps to implement the 37.57-km metro rail corridor project covering Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 10,900 crore, would be implemented through a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The cost of the project would be shared between the centre, UT administration and governments of Pu
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Tunnel construction project faces delay
There has been a long delay in the tunnel construction for the proposed underground metro line from close to Mandi House to ITO in Delhi. The project executing firms - Shanghai Urban Construction Group (SUCG) and Larsen and Toubro (L&T)
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Centre asks UT to set up SPV for metro rail project
At a review meeting, the union government asked the union territory of Chandigarh to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for implementing tri-city metro rail project. The proposed project consists of two corridors Ăâ one running on a North-South axis and the other oriented East-West. From North to South the metro syst
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Kochi’s AL Jacob flyover opens to public
In Kochi, the new Railway Over Bridge constructed by the DMRC near the KSRTC bus station was finally named ĂâAL JacobĂâ flyover during its inaugural function. However, Kerala Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the feeder Road from Kadavantra to the RoB would continue to be known as ĂâSalim-RajanĂâ Road. A row over the naming of the RoB had broken out with the kin of the late Salim and Rajan, two class 1X students, brutally murdered by a local goon 43 years ago at the present RoB site, objected to nam
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DMRC creates 1,516 m tunnel for metro phase III
A 1,516 metre-long tunnel was excavated between Mandi House and Janpath metro station in Delhi by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) within 182 working days. The tunnel work is part of the Phase-III metro rail project in the capital city and the tunnel has an internal diameter of 5.8 metre
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KMRL plans to develop land at Kakkanad
Kochi Metro Rail (KMRL) plans to develop a 17.315 acre land at Kakkanad into a modern multi-utility centre with urban amenities such as markets and civic facilities as well as recreational centre. Recently, the Board of Directors of the body cleared the invitation of expressions of interest (EoIs) for preparing a master plan for this project