Sarjapur-Hebbal Metro: Mullur's Ticket to Bengaluru's Growth Corridor

Bengaluru's long-awaited Sarjapur-Hebbal metro corridor has moved from a planning-stage proposal to an approved government project, and homebuyers along the Sarjapur Road belt — including the fast-growing pocket of Mullur — are watching closely. The Karnataka Cabinet approved Phase 3A of this metro line, linking Sarjapur in southeastern Bengaluru with Hebbal in the north on December 6, 2024. The Red Line, or Hebbal-Sarjapura Line, is planned to have 28 stations.

For residents of Mullur, the relevant part of the alignment runs through the neighbourhood's immediate surroundings. Station names on this stretch include Sarjapur, Kada Agrahara Road, Sompura, Dommasandra, Muthanallur Cross, Kodathi Circle, Ambedkar Nagar, Carmelaram, Doddakanalli, Kaikondrahalli, Bellandur Gate, Ibbalur and Agara. Mullur sits almost equidistant from the Carmelaram and Dommasandra nodes, placing much of the locality within a short drive of at least one upcoming station. The alignment involves an elevated corridor near the IT corridor in Sarjapur, transitioning underground at Koramangala, traversing the central business district through tunnels, and emerging on Ballari Road with elevated stations near Hebbal.

The commute-time math is the biggest draw for buyers evaluating this stretch of East Bengaluru. Currently, the Hebbal-Sarjapur commute requires either ORR via road (60 to 90 minutes peak) or an indirect metro routing through the central city, while Phase 3A compresses it to 45 to 60 minutes via direct metro — the largest single commute compression in the Namma Metro plan. On the more localised Agara-Dommasandra stretch, the 20 km corridor currently has 45-60 minute peak-hour travel times via BMTC or auto, and the metro will cut this to 35-40 minutes, making it attractive for IT professionals on ORR.

On cost and timelines, the project has firmed up considerably over the past year. The 36.59 km Hebbal to Sarjapur line cleared the Karnataka cabinet on December 6, 2024, with the DPR revised in October 2025 to bring total cost down to Rs 28,405 crore, a reduction of roughly Rs 2,900 crore from the earlier estimate. The corridor is now awaiting Union Cabinet approval, expected by end-2026. On the ground, the survey of this route has been completed and the land acquisition process is underway, with construction expected to start within the year. Realistic estimates place commissioning in the 2030-2033 window.

Mullur itself is already a recognised sub-market within the Sarjapur Road corridor. The locality offers mostly 2 & 3 BHK apartments in a premium budget, with SH-35 (Varthur-Sarjapur Road) just 3 km away, Carmelaram Railway Station only 3 km via Mullur Road, and major IT hubs at Whitefield and Marathahalli 9-12 km away. This proximity to established transit and employment nodes is exactly why the metro announcement carries weight here — buyers aren't betting on a corridor with no existing infrastructure, but adding a rapid-transit layer to one that already works reasonably well.

The broader Sarjapur Road corridor has already seen sharp appreciation ahead of the metro's construction start. Property prices on Sarjapur Road have increased from roughly ₹5-6K/sq ft in 2019 to almost ₹14,840/sq ft in 2026, an 8-10% rise over just the previous year. Much of this has been described by analysts as a pre-sanction pricing effect. The Central Government's approval of Namma Metro Phase 3A is expected before end-2026, and a formal announcement typically triggers an immediate 8-15% sentiment premium in properties within 1-2 km of proposed stations. Some analysts caution this is a long-horizon story rather than a quick flip: buyers entering Sarjapur Road, Bellandur, Carmelaram, Hebbal, or Koramangala in 2026 capture the pre-sanction pricing leg, with the structural appreciation cycle running through 2030 to 2033 — a 5 to 8 year hold thesis, not a 12 to 24 month flip.

SOBHA has been building in and around Mullur well before the metro news accelerated interest in the belt. Its flagship offering here, Sobha Mullur Row Houses, is spread over a large land area of 27 acres, with a total of 290 row houses, and a starting price of ₹8 Crore. The project draws on the neighbourhood's proximity to major employment clusters, with ease of access to Wipro SEZ via Wipro Gate 1, RGA Tech Park, RMZ Ecospace, and RMZ Ecoworld. A short drive away, Sobha Altair adds mid-rise luxury apartments to the mix in Hadosiddapura, near RGA Tech Park, with units starting around ₹3.3-3.5 Crore for 3 and 4 BHK layouts. Together, these developments give SOBHA a meaningful footprint across the very stations — Carmelaram, Dommasandra, and the Sarjapur stretch — that the Red Line is expected to serve first.

For homebuyers, the takeaway is straightforward but requires patience: the Sarjapur-Hebbal metro is real, cabinet-approved, and structurally significant for a corridor that has historically relied on road transport alone. It is not, however, an overnight fix — Union Cabinet clearance is still pending and full commissioning is years away. Buyers looking at Mullur and its neighbouring micro-markets today are essentially pricing in a multi-year infrastructure dividend, buying into a locality that already has schools, tech parks, and social infrastructure in place, with a metro line layered on top over the coming decade.