KLBC Canal Tender: Special Repairs across 84 km of Distribution Network, Maharashtra (Rs 39.27 Cr)

Special repairs and renovation of the KLBC canal and its distribution network between km 165 and km 249 is out for ₹39.27 crore, and the KLBC canal tender closes at 6:00 PM on 16 November 2026.

Eighty-four kilometres of existing canal

The notice covers special repairs and renovation of the canal and distribution network in km 165 to 249 of the KLBC, under reference 7192/1. It comes from the Kukadi Distribution Division at Kolawadi, within the Kukadi Irrigation Circle at Pune, under the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation and the Water Resources Department.

Repair work on a live irrigation canal is governed by the water calendar, not by your programme. Lining repairs, structure rebuilding and desilting happen in the closure period between rotations, so the work comes in windows. Ask at the pre-bid stage when those windows fall across the 730 days you are given, because that is what sets your real productivity.

A light deposit and a percentage bid

The estimate is ₹39,26,52,582 and the form of contract is percentage, so you quote above or below the department’s schedule. EMD is ₹19,64,000, half a per cent of the estimate, with no exemption, and the fee is ₹5,900. Bids open at 11:00 AM on 18 November, two days after closing.

Spread over 84 km of canal and its distributaries, this is a job of many small sites rather than one big one. That favours a contractor who can run several gangs with light plant and keep them supplied, over one geared to a single large front. Maharashtra has other water work live, including dam grouting at Bhatsa and the Pise Panjrapur raw water job.

Small machines, many locations

Canal renovation suits a backhoe loader better than anything larger: it digs, it loads, it travels between sites on its own wheels and it reaches the bed of a distributary without a ramp. Add a compact excavator for silt removal and bank reshaping, mixers for lining and structure repairs, and small compactors for backfill behind rebuilt walls. Tipper capacity matters because spoil has to leave the canal berm and the haul roads are narrow. Machine availability beats machine size here.

Key facts

How to apply

1. Open the official portal: Maharashtra Tenders (mahatenders.gov.in).
2. Search by tender ID 2026_CWRDP_1349389_1 (reference no. 7192/1) under CE Water Resources Dept. Pune.
3. Register on the portal and keep a valid Class III digital signature certificate ready.
4. Download the bid document and the schedule of rates, then check eligibility, the ₹19,64,000 EMD and the ₹5,900 fee. Ask when canal closure windows fall within the 730 days.
5. Submit your bid online before 16 November 2026, 6:00 PM.

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