Naidu inaugurates Stage 1A of Chennai Metro Phase-1

September 2016

Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the Stage 1A of Chennai Metro Phase-1, from Little Mount to Airport in Chennai....

Tags: Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu, Little Mount, Guindy, Alandur, Chennai Metro Rail Limited, Chennai Metro Rail Project, Government of India, Pollution

Rs.300 cr more for civic infrastructure work in Chennai

August 2016

The Tamil Nadu govern-¡ment has allocated Rs.300 crore towards the Chennai Mega City Development Mission (CMCDM) in the revised budget estimate prese...

Tags: CMCDM, Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai Metro Water Supply, Sewerages Board, spill over work, Roads, Drinking water, Sewerage, Solid waste management

Robbins EPB surmounts Chennai Metro Challenges

March 2016

On January 27, 2016, a Robbins mixed ground EPB broke through at Chennai Metro, finishing a challenging second drive that faced a full gamut of diffi...

Tags: EPB, Chennai Metro, Washermanpet, Chennai International Airport, Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, Gopal Dey, TBM, V Manivannan, Koovam River

Metro tunnelling work zooming ahead

March 2016

Chennai Metro Rail authorities are in the process of making the stretch between Tirumangalam and Nehru Park, Egmore, operational by October. ...

Tags: Chennai Metro Rail, Nehru Park, Egmore, Little Mount, Chennai Airport

Chennai Challenge

February 2016

As the city prepares to rebuild itself in the aftermath of the worst-ever rains in a decade that led to massive destruction of property, infrastructu...

Tags: Infrastructure, Roads, Sewage Water, Rail, Road, Air Traffic, Telecommunication, Vikram Kapur, Chennai, Storm Water Drains, SWDs, Dr Balaji Narasimhan, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Sunita Narain

L&T bags orders worth Rs 1,960 crore

January 2016

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said it has bagged orders worth Rs 1,960 crore across business segments. ...

Tags: Larsen & Toubro, L&T, Construction, Chennai Metro Rail Corporation, Chennai Metro line

India is way behind other emerging markets in using TBMs

December 2015

India needs sustainable, efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly infrastructure to reduce environmental impact, enhance visual impact, an...

Tags: Manoj Garg, Herrenknecht India Pvt Ltd, Infrastructure, TBM, EPB, Mumbai Metro Line3 project, Chennai Metro

Design consultant for Central Square soon

November 2015

The Chennai Metro Rail will soon appoint a design consultant specially for developing the largest underground station in Chennai, the Central Square....

Tags: Chennai Metro Rail, Central Square, CMRL, Civil, Architectural, Landscaping works, Construction