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The most expensive megaprojects from India in our catalogue
The 27 most expensive of 27 built and under-construction megaprojects in India in the BudgetGuessr catalogue, ranked by documented cost in US dollars.
Ranking
- 1
Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor
2026 · Railway$22.72 billionUnder constructionEstimate$22.72 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 1980 billion · Published project estimate - 2
Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, 2022 estimate
Road or highway$12.72 billionUnder constructionEstimate$12.72 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 1000 billion · Published project estimate - 3
Chennai — Phase 2
2026 · Railway$7.1 billionUnder constructionEstimate$7.1 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 618.43 billion · Published project estimate - 4
Jammu–Baramulla line
2025 · Railway$5.02 billion$5.02 billionINR 437.8 billion · Final project cost - 5
Delhi–Katra Expressway
2026 · Road or highway$4.46 billionUnder constructionEstimate$4.46 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 389.05 billion · Published project estimate - 6
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link / Atal Setu
2024 · Bridge$2.66 billion$2.66 billionINR 178.43 billion · Approved budget - 7
Hyderabad Metro
2020 · Railway$2.54 billion$2.54 billionINR 188 billion · Final project cost - 8
Navi Mumbai International Airport
2025 · Airport$2.25 billion$2.25 billionINR 196.5 billion · Reported project cost - 9
Bangalore Commuter Rail
2030 · Railway$2.13 billionUnder construction$2.13 billionUnder constructionINR 157.67 billion · Approved budget - 10
Pune Metro
2016 · Railway$1.7 billion$1.7 billionINR 114.2 billion · Approved budget - 11
Nagpur — Phase 1
2014 · Railway$1.42 billion$1.42 billionINR 86.8 billion · Reported project cost - 12
Sivok railway station
2025 · Railway$1.37 billionUnder constructionEstimate$1.37 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 119.73 billion · Published project estimate - 13
Mumbai — Line 2 — Line 2B
2025 · Railway$1.26 billionUnder constructionEstimate$1.26 billionUnder constructionEstimateINR 109.86 billion · Published project estimate - 14
National Highway 248BB
2025 · Road or highway$1.09 billion$1.09 billionINR 94.6 billion · Reported project cost - 15
Vizhinjam International Seaport
2024 · Port$1.06 billion$1.06 billionINR 88.6714 billion · Reported project cost - 16
Lucknow Metro
2019 · Railway$983.81 million$983.81 millionINR 69.28 billion · Final project cost - 17
Delhi — Noida Metro
2019 · Railway$781.45 million$781.45 millionINR 55.03 billion · Reported project cost - 18
Kamuthi Solar Power Project
2016 · Energy$677.13 million$677.13 millionINR 45.5 billion · Reported project cost - 19
Khurda Road–Bolangir line
2025 · Railway$434.95 millionUnder constructionEstimate$434.95 millionUnder constructionEstimateINR 37.91 billion · Published project estimate - 20
Mumbai — Monorail
2019 · Railway$426.01 million$426.01 millionINR 30 billion · Reported project cost - 21
Narora Atomic Power Station
1982 · Energy$422.67 millionEstimate$422.67 millionEstimateINR 3.9964 billion · Published project estimate - 22
Jaipur — Metro — Phase 1
2022 · Railway$400.61 million$400.61 millionINR 31.49 billion · Reported project cost - 23
Bangalore Green Line ? Nagasandra?Madavara extension
2024 · Railway$139.6 million$139.6 millionINR 11.68 billion · Reported project cost - 24
Ara–Chhapra Bridge
2017 · Bridge$130.53 million$130.53 millionINR 8.5 billion · Final project cost - 25
Narendra Modi Stadium
2020 · Stadium$107.96 million$107.96 millionINR 8 billion · Reported project cost - 26
Chandrayaan-3
2023 · Space mission$30.27 million$30.27 millionINR 2.5 billion · Approved budget - 27
International Hockey Stadium, Kollam
2015 · Stadium$2.99 millionEstimate$2.99 millionEstimateINR 175.5 million · Published project estimate
How this ranking works
This is a curated catalogue, not an exhaustive list of every megaproject. Projects are ordered by their recorded US-dollar equivalent; each detail page shows the source amount and any currency conversion. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, and construction bills, estimates, and programme costs can have different scopes. Unbuilt proposals and cancelled projects are excluded.
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- United States603
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- Malaysia8
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