Construction ERP software for contractors in Bhubaneswar
ERP Infra tracks purchase, stock, labour, machinery and cost on every site, and flags what does not add up the same day. Below is what is being built in Bhubaneswar and where projects there tend to lose money.
Construction in Bhubaneswar, in brief
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Phase I of the Bhubaneswar Metro is a 26 km, 20-station elevated line costing about ₹6,255 crore, funded entirely by the Odisha government and executed by Bhubaneswar Metro Rail Corporation with DMRC as turnkey consultant.
Source: Odisha TV, 2023 -
The Odisha Cabinet approved the Bhubaneswar Development Authority's New City scheme in September 2025, a roughly 800-acre township with a projected investment of ₹8,179 crore over 15 years and ₹1,342 crore proposed from the state budget for the first phase.
Source: Organiser, 2025 -
In June 2025 contractors of the All Odisha Contractors' Association protested at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation over six months of unpaid bills and security deposits held for over four years, and the corporation promised to clear half the arrears within two days.
Source: OrissaPOST, 2025
The work that dominates
- metro rail
- township and new city development
- affordable housing
- municipal civil works
Where Bhubaneswar projects tend to lose money
Claimed, certified, received and outstanding, per site.
BMC contractors reported six months of unpaid bills and security deposits unreleased for over four years in June 2025.
How it worksBudget, committed and actual, per site, every day.
A ₹6,255 crore metro whose schedule may change with a Cuttack extension needs cost tracked against a moving plan.
How it worksThe daily report writes itself, the same evening.
A state-funded metro and an ₹8,179 crore New City scheme need regular progress reporting to the authority.
How it worksFigures in the screens above are sample data.
Terms used on Bhubaneswar sites
The words differ from place to place; the records behind them are the same.
- BDA
- Bhubaneswar Development Authority, the planning and housing authority
- BMC
- Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, which pays municipal works contractors
- ORERA
- Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority
- security deposit
- money held back from a contractor's bills and released after final payment, a point of dispute in the 2025 BMC protest
- RA bill
- running account bill raised against measured work
Contractors with the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation said in June 2025 they had gone six months without payment and that some security deposits had been held over four years.
Source: OrissaPOST, 2025Questions from Bhubaneswar
- Can contractors in Bhubaneswar use ERP Infra?
- Yes. ERP Infra is web-based: office staff use it in a browser and site staff in a phone browser, so it can be used on projects in Bhubaneswar. Demos and onboarding are done online by the Flip Retail team.
- Does ERP Infra have an office in Bhubaneswar?
- No. ERP Infra is made by Flip Retail, based in Jaipur, India. Work with companies in Bhubaneswar is done remotely, starting with a one-month pilot on one project.
- What should a construction company in Bhubaneswar check before choosing an ERP?
- Check that it is organised by project and site, that site staff can use it on a phone, and that it can show the same evening what a site cost and whether material used matched the work done. Then ask for a pilot on one of your own projects before committing.
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