Kamakhya Ropeway Tender: NHLML DBFOT Line to the Temple, Assam (Rs 201.52 Cr)

National Highways Logistics Management Limited has invited bids for a ₹201.52 crore ropeway from Kamakhya railway station to the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati on DBFOT mode, and the Kamakhya ropeway tender closes at 3:00 PM on 8 December 2026.

A temple road problem solved by cable

The climb up Nilachal hill to the Kamakhya temple is a single narrow road that chokes during Ambubachi and every festival weekend. The tender covers development, operation and maintenance of a ropeway between the railway station at the foot and the temple at the top, under reference NHLML/Ropeways/Kamakhya/2026/. The portal shows a value of ₹2,01,52,00,000, a work period of 547 days and the form of contract simply as works.

NHLML is the NHAI arm that handles logistics parks and now ropeways. It runs these as concessions, which means the winner builds, then earns from tickets for the agreed term.

Deposit, fee and the eighteen month clock

Earnest money is ₹2,02,00,000, roughly 1 per cent of the estimate, and the document fee is ₹35,400. Bids open at 3:30 PM on 9 December. A 547 day period for a hill ropeway is tight, so mobilisation planning is part of the bid rather than something to sort out later.

Guwahati has other building and structure work bidding at the same time, including the IWAI office building tender at Fancy Bazar and, outside the city, the Kakati Gaon road over bridge tender.

Getting plant onto Nilachal hill

The constraint here is access, not volume. The hill is built up and the approach road is narrow and busy with pilgrim traffic, so tower sites will be reached by small machines working at odd hours. Backhoe loaders and compact excavators do the pits and the trenching, concrete comes in small transit mixer loads because a big drum will not make the turns, and a pick-and-carry crane sets the tower sections and the station gear.

Guwahati owners with 2 to 8 tonne class machines and short-body tippers are better placed for this than anyone bringing a large fleet from outside the state.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Government eProcurement System (etenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_295257_1 (reference no. NHLML/Ropeways/Kamakhya/2026/) under National Highways Authority of India (National Highways Logistics Management Limited).
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the request for proposal and the draft concession agreement, then check eligibility, the ₹2,02,00,000 EMD and the ₹35,400 fee.
5. Submit your bid online before 8 December 2026, 3:00 PM.

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