NH-44 and NH-785 Blackspot Rectification Tender, Tamil Nadu

NHAI has invited EPC bids worth Rs 635.27 crore to rectify 25 accident blackspots across NH-44 and NH-785 in Tamil Nadu and build a combined office building at Madurai, with bids closing 17 September 2026.

Twenty five sites, one contract

The blackspots sit on two stretches. On NH-44 they run through the Karur, Dindigul, Madurai and Kayathar sections, and the rest fall on the Chettikulam to Natham section of NH-785. Alongside the road work, the contract includes a combined office building for the NHAI Regional Office and Project Implementation Unit at Madurai.

Blackspot rectification is its own kind of work. Each site gets treated on its own merits: junction redesign, service road or slip lane additions, median and crash barrier changes, better sight lines, drainage corrections, signage and markings. Twenty five of them bundled into one item rate contract means a lot of small mobilisations spread over a long stretch of highway, all while traffic keeps running.

Who should look at this

Contractors already working NHAI item rate jobs in central and southern Tamil Nadu are the natural fit here. The value is substantial but the work splits into many modest packages of activity, so the real test is logistics and traffic management rather than one big technical challenge. The earnest money is Rs 6.35 crore, exactly 1 per cent of the estimate, and the tender fee is Rs 70,000.

Machine owners who hire out to highway contractors should watch this one closely. Jobs like this run on hired plant moving site to site rather than a fleet parked in one place for two years.

Equipment on the ground

Expect steady demand for backhoe loaders at junction and drainage works, excavators for earth cutting and widening, and motor graders plus compactors wherever new pavement layers go down. The Madurai office building brings a separate spell of building work with concrete mixers and lifting plant.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Central Public Procurement Portal.
2. Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_286256_1 (reference no. TNDIV-20013/ 12/2026-Tamil Nadu Division/ E-316367) under the National Highways Authority of India.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT, tender document and BOQ, then check eligibility, the Rs 6.35 crore earnest money and the Rs 70,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 17 September 2026.

More on DesiMachines

If this fits your book, two more Tamil Nadu highway jobs are live: the NH-38 blackspot rectification tender near Padalur and Trichy, which is the same type of work on a smaller scale, and the Tiruvannamalai four-lane bypass tender. See all live tenders in Tamil Nadu or every live tender on DesiMachines. Sizing a road fleet? Start with our equipment finance guide.

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