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Sarai Kale Khan ISBT Revamp

Blunderlust rating 3.4 / 5 · 527 reviews⌖ Sarai Kale Khan, near Nizamuddin, New Delhi, DelhiEntry #04 in Delhi

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Sanctioned in 2008 to redevelop Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan ISBT into a modern multimodal hub, the project has been repeatedly derailed: first by building-height restrictions near Humayun's Tomb and Metro Phase III works, then by NCRTC's decision to build an elevated (rather than underground) Delhi-Meerut RRTS station on the same site, forcing a fresh Detailed Project Report and all 11 approvals to be sought again. Meanwhile a 2024 investigative report found the existing terminal, serving over 50,000 daily passengers, riddled with broken seating, non-functional fans, contaminated water points, and a platform illegally used as a police parking lot.

The official record states: "A government official explained that "with NCRTC's new station plan for the location, the government will have to make a fresh detailed project report," while Delhi's Lieutenant Governor ordered a "complete overhaul" of the ISBT in September 2024 after the neglect was exposed."

“Sanctioned at ₹162 crore, projected at ₹900 crore, blocked by a tomb, a metro and a decade.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

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Visitor reviews Satire

“Sanctioned at a hundred and sixty-two crore in 2008 and now projected near nine hundred, blocked in turn by a tomb, a metro and a rapid rail station.”

QS Q. Sheikh · Delhi

“Fifty thousand passengers a day use broken seats, dead fans and contaminated water points while the DPR is rewritten again.”

EK E. Kohli · Delhi

“One platform was being used as a police parking lot until an investigation pointed it out in 2024.”

CR C. Raman · Delhi

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