Background and Aims: Postoperative pain remains the most important cause of morbidity. Thus, a good postoperative analgesia is required but at the same time any untoward complication is to be avoided as patient is in a ward setting which is not a continuous monitoring setting always. Epidural local anaesthetics with good safety profile remain a safe modality in such settings. Our aim is to compare the efficacy, haemodynamics and side effects of Epidural 0.2%Ropivacaine versus 0.2%Bupivacaine for post-operative analgesia in abdominal surgeries.