DMRC has awarded a ₹138.70-crore contract to Lisha Engineers for civil and related works at Sanoth Depot on the Rithala–Kundli corridor under Delhi Metro Phase IV.
DMRC has awarded a ₹138.70-crore contract to Lisha Engineers for civil and related works at Sanoth Depot on the Rithala–Kundli corridor under Delhi Metro Phase IV.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has awarded a ₹138.70-crore contract to Lisha Engineers Private Limited for civil and related works at Sanoth Depot, part of the Rithala–Kundli corridor under Delhi Metro Phase IV. The contract is identified as D2C-08 and carries a 30-month execution period from the Commencement Date.
The award adds another construction package to the 26.463-km Rithala–Nathupur (Kundli) extension of the Delhi Metro Red Line. The Union Cabinet approved the corridor in December 2024 at a completion cost of ₹6,230 crore. The project comprises 21 stations and is being implemented by DMRC, the existing 50:50 special purpose vehicle of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The Sanoth Depot contract is primarily a civil-infrastructure package. Its scope includes earth filling, depot buildings, workshop facilities, an inspection shed, plumbing and drainage, external development, architectural finishes, internal road works and the design and construction of pre-engineered buildings (PEBs).
The tender documents identify the work under Contract D2C-08 and specify a period of 900 days, equivalent to 30 months. Tender records show that the package was published in April 2026, with Lisha Engineers subsequently recorded as the accepted L1 bidder and the award dated September 3, 2026.
The reported contract value is ₹138.70 crore, with the detailed award figure listed at ₹138,69,67,743.42.
Sanoth Depot is being developed as supporting infrastructure for the Rithala–Kundli corridor rather than as a standalone project. The corridor will extend the existing Red Line from Rithala towards Nathupur (Kundli) in Haryana and is designed as an elevated metro extension.
The Cabinet-approved project covers 26.463 km and 21 stations. The official project description says the corridor is intended to strengthen connectivity across north-west Delhi and neighbouring Haryana, including areas such as Rohini, Bawana and Narela.
For the construction supply chain, the depot package is notable for the range of civil work involved. Alongside conventional earthwork and building construction, the scope includes drainage, roads, architectural finishing and PEB construction. That creates a broader procurement requirement than a single building package, although specific equipment deployment for the contract has not been disclosed.
The contract also gives the corridor another identifiable workfront as Phase IV moves through its package-by-package construction programme. Other civil and systems contracts on the corridor will progress separately, so the Sanoth award should not be interpreted as completion of the wider Rithala–Kundli project.
The immediate construction milestone is mobilisation under the 30-month contract. The wider project will also need progress across its viaduct, station, systems and other supporting packages before the corridor can move towards commissioning.
For Equipment Brief readers, Sanoth is a useful example of how large metro projects are broken into specialist civil packages. The value of this particular contract is modest compared with the overall ₹6,230-crore corridor, but its scope covers the depot infrastructure required to support the railway once the line becomes operational.
The focus now shifts to execution: site mobilisation, civil progress and coordination with the other Rithala–Kundli packages.
Source note: Contract and scope details are based on DMRC tender/award records and corroborating rail-industry reporting.
