The Haryana Cabinet on Monday approved a steep revision in the cost of the much-awaited Gurugram Metro Rail project, with the total project outlay nearly doubling from Rs 5,452.72 crore to Rs 10,266.54 crore amid price escalation, revised infrastructure requirements and expansion of the corridor plan.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh.
The revised approval covers the 28.50-km metro corridor connecting Millennium City Centre to Cyber City in Gurugram, along with supplementary reports related to Rapid Metro integration, a new spur to Gurugram Railway Station, and a proposal to route the project’s entire soft loan component through the World Bank.
Officials said the revised cost reflected multiple changes made since the original Detailed Project Report (DPR) was approved in 2020.
The DPR, prepared by RITES, was earlier cleared by the Haryana Council of Ministers on August 13, 2020, and later received approval from the Government of India. The corridor will have 27 stations.
According to the Cabinet note, the project cost escalation has been driven by price rise between 2019 and 2023, revision in GST rates, standalone planning requirements for the Millennium City Centre–Cyber City corridor, the need for a full-fledged depot and additional rolling stock, changes in the RRTS alignment, and the addition of a metro spur to Gurugram Railway Station.
The revised cost structure includes Rs 7,098.70 crore towards escalation and GST-related revisions, Rs 947.06 crore for standalone corridor requirements, and Rs 454.32 crore for the proposed metro spur linking Sector-5 with Gurugram Railway Station.
The Cabinet also approved a supplementary report related to integration with Rapid Metro. Officials said the Gurugram Metro will now operate as a standalone project following changes in the integration model with Rapid Metro. The plan includes development of a depot and associated infrastructure over 22.86 hectares of government land in Sector-33, Gurugram.
Another supplementary report approved by the Cabinet relates to the proposed 1.80-km metro spur connecting Sector-5 station to Gurugram Railway Station to improve multimodal connectivity between rail and metro services.
In a major funding-related decision, the Cabinet approved a proposal to finance the entire soft loan portion of the project through the World Bank.
The original sanctioned cost of Rs 5,452.72 crore included a soft loan component of Rs 2,688.57 crore, of which Rs 1,075.428 crore was proposed from the World Bank and Rs 1,613.14 crore from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
However, officials informed the Cabinet that confirmation from the EIB was still pending. Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL), during its Board meeting on October 13, 2025, had decided that in case of further delays, the EIB-funded portion should also be financed through the World Bank to prevent any impact on project timelines.
The proposal was subsequently approved by Saini on December 12, 2025.
