Highway Infrastructure CPWD Order: Rs 198.31 Crore for CISF Battalion Campus in Sehore

Highway Infrastructure Ltd, a company whose recent exchange filings have mostly been toll-plaza contracts, has won a Rs 198.31 crore building job from the Central Public Works Department. The work is Phase I of a new campus for the CISF 12th Reserve Battalion at Jamunia Talab in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district, on a two-year clock. For machine owners around Bhopal and Sehore, that is two dry seasons of foundation, trenching and concrete work on one site, and a contractor that will probably need to hire some of the plant.

What the filing says

The BSE listing describes an LoA for residential and non-residential infrastructure in Phase I. CNBC TV18’s report of the filing adds the CISF battalion, the Sehore village and the two-year EPC term, and notes the company’s Rs 340.08 crore NHAI fee-plaza award at Palayam in Tamil Nadu last month. That one is a toll operation contract, not construction. Neither the filing summary nor the report gives a building count, built-up area, storey height or tax basis for the Rs 198.31 crore.

Which machines this work needs

Spread over 24 months, the order is worth about Rs 8.3 crore of work a month. That is a steady single-site job, not a rush. A reserve battalion campus usually combines barracks, family quarters, office and stores blocks, internal roads, water and sewer lines, and a boundary wall. We expect the work to split across these machine classes:

• Foundations and site levelling: 20 to 22 tonne excavators for footings and cut, front-loaded into the first dry season.
• Services and boundary wall: backhoe loaders for water, sewer, drain and cable trenches. A boundary wall runs the full perimeter, and that is backhoe work, not crawler work.
• Concrete: a site batching plant or concrete mixers for the whole two years. This is the longest-running demand on the job.
• Internal roads and open ground: graders and soil and tandem compactors for short spells near the end.

Our read, with the caveat that no drawings are public: low-rise campus buildings are usually served by mobile or pick-and-carry cranes, not tower cranes. If CPWD’s design runs taller, crane demand changes. The own-versus-hire split follows duration. Mixers and a backhoe or two can stay on site for the full term, which favours a long-term hire or a purchase. Graders and rollers are needed for weeks, so hire them. Madhya Pradesh’s monsoon runs roughly June to September, so a November LoA gives the contractor about seven dry months for foundations before the rains.

FAQ

What order did Highway Infrastructure win from CPWD?

A Rs 198.31 crore Letter of Acceptance, issued on 3 November 2026, for Phase I residential and non-residential infrastructure for the CISF 12th Reserve Battalion at Jamunia Talab, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, on EPC mode.

How long is the contract?

Two years from the start of work, according to the company’s disclosure as reported by CNBC TV18.

Which machines will a battalion campus build use?

Excavators for foundations, backhoe loaders for service trenches and the boundary wall, concrete mixers or a batching plant for the full term, and graders and compactors for internal roads. Building heights are not public, so crane size is not yet known.

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Source: CNBC TV18

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