DMRC to install 3 new escalators in Karol Bagh metro station

Bids will be opened on November 3, with work to be completed within eight months after handing over the tender.

Published on: Oct 6, 2025, 03:48:14 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to carry out remodeling of the Karol Bagh metro station in central Delhi by adding more escalators and dismantling an existing staircase to manage the footfall. The corporation has issued a ₹2.58 crore tender to invite bids for the project.

The station currently has only one escalator and a staircase. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

The tender mentions including three escalators — one on the market side from ground to concourse and two from concourse till the platform. The station currently has only one escalator and a staircase.

“The goal is to provide better amenities, while also better managing footfall and crowds. This Blue Line station is fairly old and while it does have an escalator, it is not on the main market side, where footfall can be fairly high. It was decided to carry out a slight remodel inside, reducing staircase space and instead installing escalators,” a DMRC official said.

DMRC said such modifications at stations is carried out periodically – wherever a need is felt to either manage crowd or to provide improved facilities. “A team reviews all metro stations and keeps in mind problems unique to each station. Like Karol Bagh, we keep reviewing such problems and periodic modifications are approved, wherever it is felt necessary.” the official added.

The tender, a copy of which HT has seen, requires bidders to design, fabricate, supply and erect a pre-engineered building (PEB) for the installation of escalators. Further, the bidder will have to dismantle existing staircases and create space by widening existing slabs.

Bids will be opened on November 3, with work to be completed within eight months after handing over the tender.

In 2023, DMRC had made changes to the Sarojini Nagar metro station on the Pink Line to manage the footfall. Separate entry and exit points were made and automatic fare collection (AFC) gates were installed. This was done to reduce crowd at the west side of the station – towards the Sarojini Nagar market.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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