Dilip Buildcon has emerged as the lowest bidder to build the Sector 33 depot for Gurugram’s new metro line. The contract is yet to be awarded and two site issues are still open.
Key facts
- What: Depot-cum-workshop for the Millennium City Centre to Cyber City metro corridor
- Where: Sector 33, Gurugram
- Lowest bid: Rs 419.47 crore including GST, by Dilip Buildcon
- Tender estimate: about Rs 409.8 crore
- Build time: 21 months from award
- Status: Not yet formally awarded by Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL)
The depot that will park, inspect and repair Gurugram’s new metro trains now has a likely builder. Dilip Buildcon disclosed in a stock exchange filing dated 12 November that it is the lowest bidder for the Sector 33 depot at Rs 419.47 crore including GST, The Realty Today reported on 14 November. GMRL has not formally awarded the contract.
The bid is slightly above GMRL’s estimate of about Rs 409.8 crore. The contract covers civil, architectural and electrical and mechanical work, and the depot is meant to be built in 21 months. It will support operations on the full 28.5 km corridor between Millennium City Centre and Cyber City.
Being the lowest bidder is not the same as winning the contract. GMRL had not announced an award at the time of writing on 14 November 2026.
What is still unresolved at the site
Two problems remain on the ground. GMRL has yet to resolve a privately owned parcel of about 0.8 hectares that the depot needs. Separately, two 66 kV bays at the Sector 33 substation block the proposed entrance to the depot.
The Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam floated a tender in September to shift those bays along with a capacitor bank and related equipment. The work is to finish within 150 days of the work order, according to Construction World. The larger government land is in better shape. The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has decided to lease it to GMRL at a nominal Rs 1 per square metre, and the marble market that stood on the site has been cleared.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Government land (HSVP) | To be leased to GMRL at Rs 1 per square metre. Marble market cleared |
| Private parcel, about 0.8 hectares | Unresolved |
| Two 66 kV bays at substation | Shifting tender floated in September. 150 days from work order |
| Contract award | Pending with GMRL |
Sources: The Realty Today (14 November 2026) and Construction World (28 September 2026).
How the depot tender got here
- March 2026GMRL first invites bids for the depot. Participation is thin and deadlines are extended several times.
- June 2026A fresh tender of about Rs 409.8 crore is floated.
- September 2026The power utility floats its tender to shift the substation equipment.
- 12 November 2026Dilip Buildcon discloses it is the lowest bidder.
Six companies took part in the second round and two qualified for financial bidding, according to The Realty Today.
Work on the corridor is already under way. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in February 2024 and the bhoomi pujan for construction took place on 5 September 2025. Phase 1, from Millennium City Centre to Sector 9, is being built by a joint venture of Dilip Buildcon and RBL on a Rs 1,503.63 crore contract. Business Standard puts its completion at 2028.
On 1 October the Haryana government cleared a Rs 1,662 crore civil works tender for Phase 2, covering 14 stations towards Cyber City. The full corridor is targeted for 2029. The Haryana Cabinet raised the overall project cost to Rs 10,266.54 crore in May 2026 from the original Rs 5,452.72 crore.
The depot is the operating base for the line, where trains are parked, inspected and repaired. Until it is built, the new metro cannot run as a working network. If GMRL awards the contract in the coming weeks, a 21 month build would end around late 2028 (our estimate, not an official date). Commuters in Old Gurugram, Udyog Vihar and Cyber City, who are waiting for Phase 2, should read that timeline alongside the 2029 target for the full corridor.
Sources: The Realty Today (14 November 2026); Construction World (28 September 2026); Business Standard (1 October 2026); Haryana Cabinet decision of May 2026 as reported by the Tribune and Press Trust of India; Swarajya; Union Cabinet approval of 7 June 2023.
Illustrative representation of a metro depot and maintenance facility being developed as part of the Millennium City Centre to Cyber City metro corridor in Gurugram.