WRD Bihar Schedule of Rates
About Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar
The Water Resources Department (formerly Irrigation Department), headquartered at Sinchai Bhawan, Patna, manages Bihar's river embankments, canal systems and flood-control infrastructure across the Ganga, Kosi, Bagmati and Sone basins. Operationally, WRD does not maintain a freely published standalone Schedule of Rates: estimators rely on the Bihar RCD SOR for general civil and earthwork items, with department-specific rate analysis included inside individual tender BoQs. The WRD portal hosts thousands of tender PDFs which are the most reliable proxy for current rate basis.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does WRD Bihar publish its own SOR?
No standalone SOR PDF is published on wrd.bihar.gov.in. Estimates use RCD SOR + BCD SOR with project-specific rate analysis appended in each tender.
What rates does WRD use for canal and embankment work?
Earthwork, gabions, concrete and pavement items are taken from the current Bihar RCD SOR. Civil structures use BCD SOR. Specialty items (sluice gates, anti-erosion) carry market-based rate analysis inside the tender.
Where can I see current WRD rate analysis?
Active tender packets at wrd.bihar.gov.in/tender/ — each tender PDF contains the BoQ with rate analysis for that work.
Is there a Bihar Irrigation SOR?
Older 2010-era Irrigation SOR PDFs circulate on third-party document hosts but the department has not published a current refreshed standalone document.
Who is the contracting authority?
WRD Bihar (Sinchai Bhawan, Patna). Sub-circles are organised by basin (Ganga, Kosi, Bagmati, Sone).