▁met ro ▁line ▁between ▁S ik ander pur ▁and ▁National ▁Highway ▁ 8 ▁was ▁originally ▁proposed ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁H ary ana ▁Urban ▁Development ▁Author ity ▁( H U DA ) ▁invited ▁expressions ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁construct ▁the ▁met ro ▁line ▁on ▁built - oper ate - trans fer ▁basis ▁with ▁a ▁ 9 9 - year ▁le ase ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁However , ▁real ▁estate ▁developer ▁D L F ▁wanted ▁to ▁provide ▁met ro ▁connect ivity ▁to ▁its ▁Cy ber ▁City . ▁A ▁new ▁tender ▁was ▁issued ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁with ▁the ▁D L F - IL & FS ▁cons ort ium ▁emer ging ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁bid der . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁initially ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁collabor ative ▁vent ure ▁between ▁D L F ▁and ▁In frastr ucture ▁Le asing ▁& ▁Fin an cial ▁Services ▁( IL & FS ). ▁But ▁D L F , ▁facing ▁financial ▁problems , ▁pulled ▁out ▁and ▁IL & FS ▁became ▁the ▁sole ▁owner . ▁The ▁vent ure ▁thus ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁any ▁invest ment ▁by ▁the ▁Union ▁Government , ▁H ary ana ▁government ▁or ▁any ▁public ▁sector ▁undert aking . ▁Rap id ▁Metro ▁did ▁not ▁even ▁get ▁the ▁ 2 0 ▁acres ▁of ▁land , ▁which ▁it ▁required ▁to ▁construct ▁the ▁first ▁phase ▁of ▁the ▁project , ▁at ▁any ▁con cess ional ▁rate ▁from ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁Rap id ▁Metro ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁fully ▁priv ately ▁fin anced