VARANASI: The Public Works Department published three special road repair tenders on Thursday, November 12, 2026, covering the Rustampur to Sarnath road, an Adampur access road and the link from NH-29 to Gaura Uparwar. Their combined estimated value is Rs 1,51,61,000. Bids close at noon on November 19, with opening scheduled for 12.30 pm that day, all times IST.
For residents along these routes, the records identify which roads are entering procurement. They do not announce a traffic closure, diversion or a date when contractors will begin work. The Adampur item is specifically the access road branching from kilometre 3 of the Lamhi Adampur Aidhe road, rather than a repair of that entire corridor.
Residents should therefore check any subsequent PWD or traffic notice before changing a regular journey. Contractors interested in the work need to use the state procurement portal and the separate tender identifiers for each road. The three records share a closing time, but each has its own value, earnest money requirement and financial bid.
Which roads are covered
The Rustampur to Sarnath repair record estimates the work at Rs 58,91,000. Its tender identifier is 2026_CEUVZ_1207846_5. The record was published at 5 pm IST on November 12 and provides a work period of 60 days. The description identifies the road but does not provide a separate chainage range or a road length.
The Adampur link has an estimated value of Rs 41,20,000 and identifier 2026_CEUVZ_1207846_3. This notice was also published at 5 pm IST on November 12. Its description locates the start by reference to kilometre 3 of the Lamhi Adampur Aidhe road. That kilometre reference identifies the connection point; it should not be read as the length of the proposed repairs.
The third tender concerns special repairs to the NH-29 to Gaura Uparwar access road. It is valued at Rs 51,50,000 and carries identifier 2026_CEUVZ_1206453_1. Publication was at noon IST on November 12. Like the other two entries, the stated work period is 60 days and bid validity is 90 days.
These figures are estimates recorded for procurement. Adding the three values gives Rs 1.5161 crore, but that total is not a contract award or a statement of money already spent. Likewise, the work period in each listing does not establish a calendar completion date before the subsequent contracting arrangements are known.
What residents should do
The immediate practical step is to distinguish a tender from an instruction affecting road access. None of the three opened detail pages sets out a closure timetable, temporary parking arrangement or alternative route. Households and businesses along the named roads should look for a later notice specifying those arrangements if construction affects access.
The notices can be checked on the Uttar Pradesh procurement portal by entering the full tender identifier. That is particularly useful for the Adampur item, whose detailed description is more precise than a general reference to an Adampur road. The authority shown is the Superintending Engineer, Varanasi Circle, PWD, Varanasi.
All three listings place the work under the Chief Engineer PWD Varanasi Zone, through the Varanasi Circle and Provincial Division. Their location field gives Varanasi and postcode 221002. The records describe special repairs; they do not announce a new road alignment or land acquisition process for these works.
Bid dates and separate requirements
Document downloads and bid submissions end at noon IST on November 19. Opening is listed for 12.30 pm IST at the office of the Superintending Engineer, Varanasi Circle. Each tender uses two covers, one for fee, qualification and technical material in PDF format, and another for the financial bill of quantities in spreadsheet format.
The tender fee is Rs 2,714 for each work, with no fee exemption allowed in the listings. Earnest money differs: Rs 4,95,000 for Rustampur to Sarnath, Rs 4,06,000 for the Adampur link and Rs 4,58,000 for NH-29 to Gaura Uparwar. The portal marks earnest money exemption as allowed, so eligible bidders should examine the documents rather than assume the same payment treatment applies to everybody.
The listings specify online payment and identify SBI among the payment instruments. Qualification details are referred to the tender documents. The next dated procurement step is the November 19 opening; these pages do not identify a successful contractor.
For separate local infrastructure background, read the earlier reports on colony road and drainage tenders, the Harsos road land assessment and the Tengra terminal rail land study. Those concern different projects and do not establish the status of these three repairs.
