On record
The Rail Land Development Authority's flagship redevelopment of Ahmedabad's Kalupur station (styled after the Modhera Sun Temple with bullet-train, metro and bus integration) was budgeted at ₹3,000 crore. When financial bids opened in April 2023, all three bidders quoted far above that: Afcons at ₹5,355 crore, NCC at ₹5,694 crore, and L&T at ₹5,770 crore, a roughly 78% overrun before construction even began.
The official record states: "Railway officials said there would be "discussion with the lowest bidder to bring down the price quotation," noting a similar overrun had occurred on the comparable New Delhi station redevelopment tender."
“Budgeted at ₹3,000 crore; the lowest bid disagreed by several thousand more.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“Budgeted at three thousand crore, and all three bidders came back somewhere north of five thousand.”
“Styled on the Modhera Sun Temple, priced on nothing in particular, and the railways now plan to talk the lowest bidder down.”
“Stood on platform one at Kalupur imagining a bullet-train interchange that is currently seventy-eight percent over budget before a brick is laid.”
