Ahmedabad Metro Blog

As per a recently published report, 50% of the land acquisition for Ahmedabad Metro’s Phase I costing approx 770 crores has been completed. This represents about 45 hectares out of 90 hectares required for building various components of the project like stations, parking lots, depots...Read More

After last month’s update (see: Piling work begins in Ahmedabad), here are some new images that have emerged on Flickr of the piling work taking place in Ahmedabad. Piling Work in Ahmedabad – photo: Sherlock Holmes, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0) Piling Work...Read More

Following the release of two civil construction tenders earlier this month (See: Tenders Released for Two Sections of Ahmedabad’s Metro), MEGA has announced that the contractor for those tenders will be selected by the end of September. Following that, construction work on Ahmedabad’s North-South corridor will...Read More

The Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar & Ahmedabad (MEGA) Co. Ltd recently announced that for Phase 1 of the project, it has appointed a General Engineering Consultant comprising of different companies. These companies include France’s Systra S.A., India’s RITES, Japan’s Oriental Consultants Global and AECOM Asia from...Read More

The rebar for the first couple of piers to support Ahmedabad Metro’s elevated viaduct is up at multiple locations! The following images were shot at Vastral Gam near the Sardar Patel Ring Road and show the initial 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park...Read More

Ahmedabad is all set to become metro city! To give you a little background, the contract to build an initial 6 km stretch from Vastral Gam to Apparel Park in the eastern part of the city was awarded to J Kumar Infraprojects in February...Read More