NHAI is rebuilding 23.423 km of NH-146 in Madhya Pradesh from two lanes to four, between Berkheri and Lehdara villages, at ₹274.21 crore, with bids now closing on 17 November 2026.
What the NH-146 four-lane tender actually covers
The scope is rehabilitation and upgradation of an existing two-lane stretch of NH-146 to four lanes on EPC mode. The chainage in the notice reads from km 0.000 (km 158.600 of the highway) near Berkheri village to km 23.423 (km 181.800) near Lehdara village, a total length of 23.423 km. The estimate is ₹274.21 crore, which comes to roughly ₹11.7 crore per kilometre. That is a normal rate for widening a road that already exists, and the word rehabilitation in the title matters: a good part of the value will sit in reworking the existing pavement rather than building new formation from scratch.
One date has already moved. A corrigendum was issued on 13 August carrying Schedule H. The closing date has since been extended and now stands at 17 November 2026, with opening on 18 November. Anyone who pulled the documents in the first week should download that corrigendum before pricing. The commercials are otherwise straightforward: item rate, two covers, 120-day bid validity, an EMD of ₹2,74,00,000 that works out to almost exactly 1 per cent of the estimate, and a tender fee of ₹30,000. The listing files it under a civic heading, but product category is Civil Works and the scope is plainly highway construction.
Where the contest will be
At ₹274 crore this sits in the band where established regional highway contractors compete with mid-sized national names, and it is a more open field than the thousand-crore corridor packages. Madhya Pradesh has a deep bench of road contractors who work NHAI and MPRDC jobs, so expect real competition on rates.
For machine owners the read is different. A 23 km widening job runs for two seasons and needs hired fleet in waves rather than all at once: earthmoving first, then pavement. If you hire out tippers, compactors or pavers in the Sagar and Damoh belt, the contractor who wins this will be looking for local capacity rather than moving everything in from outside.
What the site will run on
Widening in place is awkward work. Excavators and backhoe loaders open the shoulder and the new carriageway, but they do it beside live traffic, so the machines that earn their keep are the ones that can work a narrow front and get off the road quickly. Motor graders and soil compactors follow on the formation, and tippers move both the borrow coming in and the milled material going out.
Rehabilitation of the old pavement brings milling and reclamation into the picture, then pavers with tandem and pneumatic rollers for the new layers. Culvert and cross-drainage work along 23 km calls for transit mixers, a batching plant within haul and concrete pumps at the deeper structures. Cranes come in where any structure needs girders placed.
Key facts
Tender ID
2026_NHAI_287467_1
Reference no.
NHAI/MP/BER-LEH/EPC/2026/
Issuing authority
National Highways Authority of India, Head Office (Madhya Pradesh)
Location
NH-146, km 158.600 near Berkheri to km 181.800 near Lehdara, Madhya Pradesh (length 23.423 km)
Search by tender ID 2026_NHAI_287467_1 (reference no. NHAI/MP/BER-LEH/EPC/2026/) under the National Highways Authority of India.
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Download the NIT, the tender documents and the corrigendum issued on 13 August carrying Schedule H. Check eligibility, the ₹2,74,00,000 EMD and the ₹30,000 fee.
Rehabilitation and upgradation of an existing two-lane stretch of NH-146 to four lanes on EPC mode, from km 158.600 near Berkheri village to km 181.800 near Lehdara village in Madhya Pradesh, a length of 23.423 km at an estimated ₹274.21 crore.
Has the closing date changed?
Yes. A corrigendum issued on 13 August 2026 carried Schedule H. After a later extension, bids now close on 17 November 2026 with opening on 18 November 2026. Download that corrigendum along with the tender documents.
What are the EMD and tender fee?
EMD is ₹2,74,00,000, about 1 per cent of the ₹274.21 crore estimate, and the tender fee is ₹30,000. Payment mode is offline.
Is this new construction or rework of an existing road?
It is widening and rehabilitation of a road that already carries traffic. That shapes the method as much as the cost, since the work happens alongside live traffic and a share of the value sits in reworking existing pavement rather than building fresh formation.
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