The Metro Rail Guy

Congrats Larsen & Toubro! Their TBM-4 (DZ1124) has arrived at 23.6 km Delhi Metro Golden Line's IGNOU Station after building a 1479m tunnel from Chhatarpur Mandir Station in ~14 months to record Phase 4 Package DC-09's 5th breakthrough. See details and pics:

Done! MGCPL has completed their fifth & final 260m PSC bridge for 508 km Mumbai - Ahmedabad Bullet Train project over Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NE-4). This 4 span bridge for GAD-1441 in Gujarat's Kosamba town has a 50m + 80m + 80m + 50m span configuration. See details & pics:

3 firms including RITES and Engineers India have bid to prepare Doloo Airport's Detailed Project Report! This new greenfield airport north of Silchar, Assam will come up at a nearly 200 year-old tea garden and allow the Indian Airforce to take full control of Kumbhigram Airforce Station. See details:

Congrats CCECC - KEC JV! This took a while, but they've finally launched Delhi Metro Package DC-01’s final of 514 U-girders at Madhuban Chowk. This major milestone for Magenta Line's 8.8 km Mangolpuri – Haiderpur-Badli Mor section was recorded in 4 years & 3 months after the 1st girder was launched. See details & pics:

Larsen & Toubro is lowest bidder for 35.2 km Mumbai Metro Line-4/4A's second track-work Package CA-168 when bids were opened in October! Scope includes installation of standard gauge ballastless tracks between Bhakti Park (Wadala) - Mulund Fire Station. See details:

4th breakthrough for Larsen & Toubro! TBM Adyar (S-1326A) has arrived at Chennai Metro Line-3's Adyar Junction Station after building a 1218m tunnel from Greenways Road Station, including a ~300m section under Adyar River. See details and pics:

26 firms including Ashoka & DRA Infra have bid for redeveloping Keshod Airport in Junagadh, Gujarat! Contract's scope includes extension and strengthening of Runway 05/23 to 2500m x 45m, along with construction of a new link taxiway, a 701m Parallel Taxi Track, and more. See full bidder list & details:

JUST IN: HCC - Tata JV is lowest bidder for Indore Metro Yellow Line’s 8.626 km underground package IN-05R! Beat 5 others for this package which will have twin tunnels and 7 stations at Indore Railway Station, Rajwada, Chota Ganpati, Bada Ganpati, Ramchandra Nagar, BSF/Kalyani Nagar and Airport. See bid values & details:

3rd win for IRCON! They're the lowest bidder for 24.9 km Mumbai Metro Line-5's mega systems package CA-239. Scope includes commissioning the line’s OHE electrification, power supply & traction system, electrical & mechanical (E&M) system, lifts and escalators at 7 stations. See details & bid values:

All the best to Tata Projects! They’ve commissioned Terratec TBM S120 (Kurinji) - the 1st of 4 TBMs for Chennai Metro’s 44.6 km Line-5. This EPB will first build a 246m tunnel for the up-line from Kolathur Ramp to Kolathur Station. See details & pics: