Upper Indravati Lift Canal Tender: Ten Years of Running a Kalahandi Network (Rs 51.32 Cr)

Ten years of operating the lift canal network of the Upper Indravati project in Kalahandi go to a single contractor at ₹51.32 crore, and the Upper Indravati lift canal tender closes at 5:30 PM on 16 November 2026.

A decade on one irrigation system

The Chief Construction Engineer of the Upper Indravati Irrigation Project at Mukhiguda wants operation and maintenance of the lift canal system, taking in the complete distribution network delivered by underground pipeline and covering a culturable command area of 25,275 hectares in Kalahandi district. The reference is CCE,UIP-12(01)/2026-27 and the portal lists a turnkey contract of 3,650 days, which is ten years.

Long operation and maintenance contracts are a different animal from construction. The revenue is steadier and the mobilisation is smaller, but the winner carries a decade of performance risk on a system that farmers depend on season after season. The portal records this under lift irrigation schemes as civil works.

What ten years asks of a bidder

The estimate is ₹51,31,73,444 against bid security of ₹51,32,000, about 1 per cent, and EMD exemption is allowed here, which widens the field to smaller firms and registered classes that a construction tender of this size would shut out. The document fee is ₹10,000 and bids open at 11:00 AM on 17 November.

The practical requirement is a local establishment: staff, a yard and machines parked within reach of the command area for ten years, rather than a fleet brought in for a two year build and taken away.

Odisha has related water work open as well, including the Nuagaon barrage pressure pipe irrigation in Gajapati and the Samasingha in stream barrier on the Bheden in Jharsuguda.

Machines that stay put for a decade

Canal network upkeep is repetitive earthwork spread over years: desilting, embankment repair, clearing vegetation, resetting lining and digging down to buried pipeline for repairs. A backhoe loader is the natural machine because it reaches, loads and travels the bunds under its own power. One excavator, ideally a long reach, handles the deeper desilting and the main canal sections, and tippers move spoil out to spoil banks. Keep a small mixer for lining and structure repairs. Over ten years the sum you spend on a machine is dwarfed by the fuel and the operator, so buying well and maintaining properly matters more than buying cheap.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government of Odisha e-Procurement (tendersodisha.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_CEUIP_144036_1 (reference no. CCE,UIP-12(01)/2026-27) under CCE Upper Indravati Irrigation Project Mukhiguda.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the bid document and the operation and maintenance schedule, then check eligibility, the ₹51,32,000 EMD and the ₹10,000 fee. Confirm whether you qualify for EMD exemption.
5. Submit your bid online before 16 November 2026, 5:30 PM.

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