Kharsia-Balodabazar New Railway Line Tender, Chhattisgarh

South East Central Railway has tendered the 110.5 km Kharsia to Balodabazar new broad-gauge double line at ₹3,103.69 crore, with bids closing on 11 November 2026.

Scope of the Kharsia to Balodabazar package

This is the construction of a new broad-gauge double line from Kharsia at chainage zero to Balodabazar at km 110.500, plus Y-connectivity from Jharadih, forming part of the Kharsia to Parmalkasa 5th and 6th new BG line project under South East Central Railway. The package is written as a single works contract covering earthwork in formation, bridges, rail over rail and road over bridge and road under bridge structures, service buildings, staff quarters, and P-way works including supply of ballast and P-way material other than rail. Electrification at 2×25 kV OHE and signalling and telecommunication works are bundled in as allied scope.

The estimate is disclosed at ₹3,103.69 crore, tendered as an open works contract with no tender fee. EMD is ₹62,07,38,300, exactly 2.00 per cent of the estimate, so the two figures confirm each other. Bids close on 11 November 2026. The notice does not state a publication date or a bid opening venue, and the document set runs to 448 files, so the study period here is genuine work rather than a formality.

This is the adjacent package to one already in the market. The Balodabazar to Parmalkasa section, reference CAO-C-BSP-26-27-13, is a separate tender at ₹3,966.20 crore closing 30 October 2026. Between the two, South East Central Railway is putting over ₹7,000 crore of new line into the market inside a fortnight of each other.

Bidders this is written for

At ₹3,103.69 crore with a ₹62 crore deposit, the shortlist is national heavy-civil contractors with railway formation credentials and the working capital to run a 110 km front. The bundling matters too: a bidder has to carry OHE, signalling and telecom scope alongside the civil work, which in practice means either an in-house electrical arm or a locked-in specialist partner before bid submission, not after award.

For equipment owners across Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Sakti and Baloda Bazar districts, a new line of this length is the best kind of local work. Formation is built in continuous stretches with borrow areas taken close to the alignment, so hire demand follows the railhead rather than concentrating at one site, and it lasts for years rather than a season. Getting registered with the winning contractor’s subcontract cell early is the play.

Equipment a 110 km formation demands

Railway formation is one of the most machine-hungry jobs in Indian construction. The bulk earthwork runs on excavators and dozers with a large tipper fleet, motor graders trim the formation to the tight tolerances railway work demands, and vibratory soil compactors do the layer-by-layer blanket compaction that decides whether the track holds line and level later.

The structures are a programme of their own. Over 110 km of new line crossing the Mahanadi basin drainage means major and minor bridges, box culverts and grade separators, so batching plants, transit mixers and concrete pumps run alongside heavy cranes and launching gantries for girders. Piling rigs come in at the bridge foundations. Backhoe loaders handle the constant service, cable and drainage trenching, and once P-way starts, the fleet shifts to ballast handling, track-laying plant and tampers.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: IREPS, Indian Railways e-Procurement System.
2. Search by tender ID IREPS-CAO-C-BSP-26-27-16 (reference no. CAO-C-BSP-26-27-16) under CAO-C-HQ-Engineering, South East Central Railway.
3. Register on IREPS and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the NIT and the full document set, then confirm eligibility and the EMD of ₹62,07,38,300. There is no tender fee on this package.
5. Submit your bid online before 11 November 2026.

More on DesiMachines

Chhattisgarh is in the middle of an unusual run of new railway line work. The adjoining section of this same corridor, the Balodabazar to Parmalkasa railway line tender at ₹3,966.20 crore, closes on 30 October and is worth reading alongside this one. Elsewhere in the state, South East Central Railway has the Rowghat to Jagdalpur new line Package 1 and the Paradol to Nagpur Road new line tender, both closing 27 November.

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