Bhubaneswar Metro Phase 1 Project’s Foundation Stone Unveiled
Odisha’s Chief Minister today unveiled the foundation stone for Bhubaneswar Metro‘s Phase 1 project today at an event held in Trishulia Square, north of Bhubaneswar city.
Bhubaneswar Metro’s 26.024 km long Phase 1 will connect Trisulia Square with Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik Airport via 20 elevated stations. Its Detailed Project Report (DPR) was prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and approved by Odisha’s state government on November 14, 2023 with a 4 year deadline.
The project is estimated to cost Rs. 6225 crore and will be funded entirely by the state government without any funding to be sought from the Central Government. Per Odisha’s CM, this is the single largest investment made in any infrastructure project in the history of Odisha.
The project will be owned by Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Corporation, a fully owned company of the state government.
20 elevated stations are planned to be built at Biju Patnaik Airport, Capital Hospital, Sishu Bhawan, Bapuji Nagar, Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Ram Mandir Square, Vani Vihar, Acharya Vihar Square, Jaydev Vihar Square, Xavier Square, Rail Sadan, District Centre, Damana Square, Patia Square, KIIT Square, Nandan Vihar, Raghunathpur, Nandankanan Zoological Park, Phulapokhari and Trisulia.
Here’s a rough / indicative alignment of the project I’ve made based on a couple maps I’ve seen in various official presentations, with terminals and key stations marked:
Back in November 2023, DMRC was appointed as the project’s turn-key consultant to execute the project. They’ve so far published two tender notices – the first to construct staff quarters (won by NBCC), and the second to construct a boundary wall around a 18.50 hectare parcel for hosting Phulapokhari Depot in north Bhubaneswar. It’s an extremely low-value tender, so it’s not on my tracking radar.
A Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) is yet to be appointed for designing the line’s civil, architectural, electrical & mechanical (E&M) works. Now that the foundation stone has been unveiled, I believe the DDC’s tender notice should be around the corner.
At this time, I see construction work easily being at least 10 months away from starting. When that happens, Bhubaneswar Metro will become India’s 22nd metro rail system to enter the construction stage.
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While I am excited with the development, i really hope this materialise on ground. Past records indicate many projects just end up with foundation stone (mainly in an election year). I am eagerly waiting to see work on ground.
Yeah, let’s see what their budget says in February.
Dont think budget will be too much of an issue. Odisha state has bee running surplus often at close to 20,000 crore. There should be adequate budget availablility even taking into account delays. Also, with most of the land in the city being govt owned, there are likely to be no major delays due to land acquisition either.
Now your work will increase as more and more cities gets metro…..Paisa he paisa hoga🤑🤑
Definitely lots to write about, but barring the holidays I have little time to dedicate.
NMDC got first job for construction of staff quarters. Update it.
Thanks, have now added a blurb on NBCC.
Can we know who bidders are for the project?
Make odisha great again
Kindly update us further, when recruitment is start for Technical and Non-Technical field. So that we are change to back again Odisha.