A ₹206 crore passenger ropeway from Narkanda up to Hatu Peak in Shimla district is open for bids on DBFOT mode, and the Narkanda Hatu ropeway tender closes at 11:00 AM on 30 November 2026.
A short line to a high point
Hatu Peak sits above Narkanda on the old Hindustan Tibet road and is already a day-trip destination reached by a narrow motor road. The Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation wants a passenger ropeway built there and then operated and maintained by the same party, on design, build, finance, operate and transfer mode. The reference is RTDC/Narkanda to Hatu-Vol-III/2019/3927 dated 27/12/2025, and the portal records a lump-sum form of contract.
The volume number in that reference, and the 2019 in it, say the file has been open a long time. The portal does not publish a work period for this one, so the concession length has to be read off the draft agreement.
Bid terms, and how they compare
The estimate is ₹2,06,00,00,000. Earnest money is ₹2,06,00,000, which is 1 per cent of that, and the document fee is ₹3,54,000. Bids open at 3:30 PM the same day they close.
At ₹206 crore this is within reach of a mid-sized developer with a civil arm, unlike the much larger Parwanoo Shimla ropeway tender that the same corporation has running four days earlier. Bidders who are weighing both should note the deposits differ by more than thirteen times.
Working above 2,500 metres
Hatu Peak is close to 3,400 metres and Narkanda itself is above 2,700. Snow shuts the upper reaches for several months, so the earthwork season is short and everything has to be staged below before the first snowfall. Expect excavators and backhoe loaders on tower pits and access cutting, mixers feeding foundations one bench at a time, and a pick-and-carry crane for the station steelwork and the drive machinery.
Search by tender ID 2025_RTDCH_124564_1 (reference no. RTDC/Narkanda to Hatu-Vol-III/2019/3927) under Ropeway and Rapid Transport System Development Corporation.
Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
Download the bid document and the draft concession agreement, then check eligibility, the ₹2,06,00,000 EMD and the ₹3,54,000 fee.
Submit your bid online before 30 November 2026, 11:00 AM.
Development, operation and maintenance of a passenger ropeway from Narkanda to Hatu Peak in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, on design, build, finance, operate and transfer mode.
What is the estimated value?
₹206.00 crore, shown on the portal as ₹2,06,00,00,000.
How much EMD is needed?
₹2,06,00,000, which is 1 per cent of the estimate. The tender fee is ₹3,54,000.
When does it close?
11:00 AM on 30 November 2026, with bids opening at 3:30 PM the same day. The portal does not state a work period.
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