Looks like Gurgaon much-awaited metro dream is finally taking shape. After months of planning and tenders, the city’s Metro Phase 1 is set to go on the ground. The first leg from Millennium City Centre to Sector 9 is 15.23 kilometers long with 14 elevated stations. And now, there is a builder.
A Dilip Buildcon Ltd-Ranjit Buildcon Ltd joint venture (yeah, DBL-RBL) just won the highest bidder spot. They offered ₹1,503 crore, defeating the project’s estimated budget of ₹1,586 crore. So, yeah they’re the L-1 bidder now. That’s what Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) announced Sunday.
But wait—ahead with formal signing. They’re making plans over the next 7 to 10 days. Once that’s through, they’ll be presented with the contract. GMRL officials sound optimistic. They anticipate work on construction to start by the end of this month. Yep, that close.
The project’s been humming since March 8, the day the first tender was floated. But it received an extension in May, ’cause the work scope got bigger. Right enough. Huge project. Huge transformation.
So what on earth is being constructed? Let’s take it apart.
So, first, a 15.23-km viaduct. That’s the main line. Then a 1.85-km spur leading to the Dwarka Expressway. An underpass at Bhakhtawar Chowk. And, of course, a ramp to the Sector 33 depot. And oh, 14 totally-elevated metro stations, each one stacked with everything—from station structures to commercial space, to entry/exit points. All civil work. All of that.
The stations? They’re spread out across major hotspots:
Millennium City Centre (connected to Delhi Metro through interchange)
Sector 45
Cyber Park (Sector 46)
Sector 47
Subhash Chowk
Hero Honda Chowk
Udyog Vihar Phase 6
Sector 10
Sector 37
Basai
Sector 9
and Sector 101, which becomes linked through the spur
That’s a fairly broad net. And shrewd planning. The aim? Smooth connectivity between New and Old Gurugram. Particularly important business and residential centers.
As per DBL’s August 2 submission to SEBI, the whole of civil work has to be completed in 30 months. Pretty close. That’s the plan, however. They did say they would have the control room facility—with 24×7 radio communication, telephones, and connections to each safety office, site, batching plant, casting yard -you name it.
In the meantime, GMRL is not slowing down at Phase 1. A senior government official confirmed they’re already working on the Phase 2 alignment. The plan is to award that tender as soon as possible. No time to waste.
Six firms competed in Phase 1. Besides DBL-RBL, there were heavyweights such as L&T, GR Infra, Afcons, J Kumar, and KLPT. The offers? Between ₹1,503 crore and ₹1,812 crore. Competitive universe. But DBL-RBL emerged the winner.
To put things in perspective, the whole metro extension project that PM Modi laid the foundation stone for on Feb 16 last year is a ₹5,452 crore monster. It’ll run from HUDA City Centre to Cyber Hub, via Old Gurugram. Total length? 28.5 kilometers. All overground. 27 stations.
It’s ambitious. And now it exists.
Construction teams might begin mobilizing any day now. Gurugram, the waiting game might be over.
