Kuakhai Riverfront Tender: Development on the Kuakhai and Kushabhadra near Pandara (Rs 67.2 Cr)

Odisha is developing the river front on the Kuakhai and Kushabhadra near Pandara on the edge of Bhubaneswar at ₹67.2 crore with five years of maintenance attached, and the Kuakhai riverfront tender closes at 5:00 PM on 12 November 2026.

Two distributaries of the Mahanadi

The notice covers river front development on the Mahanadi river system at the Kuakhai and Kushabhadra rivers near Pandara, on an EPC contract with comprehensive operation and maintenance for five years. The Chief Engineer and Basin Manager for the Lower Mahanadi Basin at Bhubaneswar is the inviting authority, reference RFP CE MKS 01 of 2026-27.

River front work sits between water resources engineering and urban development. You are building embankment protection, ghats, promenades, drainage and landscaping, and all of it has to survive the monsoon flow of two Mahanadi distributaries.

Five years of looking after it

The comprehensive operation and maintenance period means you keep the asset working for five years after handover. On a public river front that covers the paving, the planting, the lighting and the drainage, so budget for a maintenance crew rather than treating it as a defect liability clause.

The portal records an item rate form of contract with 730 days. EMD is ₹67,20,000 with exemption allowed and the fee is ₹10,000. Published on 3 October 2026, bids open at 11:00 AM on 13 November 2026.

Bank work in the dry months

The bank protection and ghat work has to be done between monsoons, which compresses the real working window inside the 730 days. Excavators shape the slopes and place the pitching, tippers bring stone and earth, and a compactor builds the embankment behind.

Promenade and ghat concrete runs off transit mixers, with a backhoe loader on the drainage and service trenches and a crane for the heavier precast. Being on the Bhubaneswar edge means plant hire, labour and material are all close at hand.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government of Odisha e-Procurement (tendersodisha.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_CELBB_142323_1 (reference no. RFP CE MKS 01 of 2026-27) under the Chief Engineer and Basin Manager, Lower Mahanadi Basin.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the RFP, the bank protection drawings and the five year maintenance scope, then check eligibility, the ₹67,20,000 EMD and the ₹10,000 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 12 November 2026, 5:00 PM.

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