Haryana takes Global City township pitch to Gujarat industrialists in Gandhinagar

Haryana used a two-day visit by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to Gujarat to present the Global City township in Gurugram to industrialists at an investors' event in Gandhinagar on 28 October 2026. The state described the township as a future central business district for North India and named Sobha among the companies that have shown interest, along with DLF, M3M, Godrej Properties and Signature Global.

The township is being developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), a fully state-owned agency. According to HSIIDC's own figures, the site covers about 1,002 acres across Sectors 36, 36B, 37, 37A and 37B, along the Dwarka Expressway. HSIIDC builds the trunk infrastructure and auctions plots to private developers. The state describes the project as a "city within a city" planned on live-work-play and walk-to-work principles.

What has been committed so far

A Haryana government statement put the first-phase infrastructure contract at about Rs 940 crore. The state said about 80% of that work is complete. The Chief Minister put the total project investment at over Rs 1 lakh crore and said it would benefit about 16 lakh people and create about 5 lakh jobs. These are the state's projections, not audited figures.

The planned utilities include a 350-million-litre balancing reservoir over 18 acres, which the state says will give a seven-day backup water supply, and a 10.7 km utility tunnel. Scope also covers roads, stormwater drainage, sewerage and power infrastructure. The state has proposed a floor area ratio of 3.0, green-rated infrastructure and more than 50,000 trees. It also says the airport can be reached within 30 minutes.

• Plots: allotted through HSIIDC e-auctions, not private resale.
• Timeline: remaining first-phase infrastructure is expected to finish by December 2026.
• Court: on 10 July 2026 the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a pending PIL, clearing HSIIDC to hold e-auctions for commercial and residential plots. Auction dates have not been announced.
• Tallest tower: HSIIDC has earmarked a 6.7-acre plot for a mixed-use tower of 620 to 700 metres. This is a proposal, not an approved project.

What it means for buyers and investors

For individual buyers, the township is not a current option. The large parcels being auctioned are sized for institutional developers. Homebuyers will reach this market only by buying from RERA-registered developers who have won land in HSIIDC auctions. No booking, sale or agreement can be made before a project is registered under RERA, and each project inside the township must be checked separately on the Haryana RERA portal.

The Gandhinagar pitch does not show how much of the Rs 50,000 crore in investment proposals that Haryana reported from the two-day visit relates to real estate or to Global City. The state did not say that any company has been allotted a plot. Sobha's current Gurugram projects, SOBHA Altus in Sector 106 and Sobha City in Sector 108, are on the same Dwarka Expressway corridor but are not part of the township.

Officials have invited Gujarat businesses to plan expansion in Haryana over the next two to five years. The Chief Minister also invited Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to a business summit in Haryana in April 2027, and the state has begun steps to set up a Haryana Bhavan in Gujarat, with no date given.

What to watch next

The next markers are the December 2026 completion of first-phase infrastructure, the date of the HSIIDC e-auctions, and the appointment of a tower developer, which the state expects by late 2026 or early 2027. Until plots are auctioned and allotted, and until projects are registered under RERA, the township remains a planning and infrastructure story.