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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-02012025-259844
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5220]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2024/PAUSHA 9, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th December, 2024
S.O. 5640(E).—Whereas, by notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping,
Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.0.1726 (E), dated the 06th
December, 2005, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the
Central Government has entrusted National Highway No.45C (The Highway starting from its junction with NH-67
near Thanjavur connecting Kumbakonam, Sethiyathope, Neyveli Township, Vadalur, Panruti and terminating at its
junction with NH45 near Vikravandi) in the State of Tamil Nadu respectively to the National Highways Authority of
India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority);
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 and
subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on
mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 15.760 Km [Table
2] [for the use of four and more lane section] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of
6.40 Km (having length of 0.640 Km [Table-4]) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length
of 31.435 Km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) Table-1
below of the four laning of Cholpauram – Thanjavur section from design Kilometer 116.440 to Kilometer 164.275
(existing Km 111.000 to Km 164.615) of National Highways Number-45C (New No.36) in the State of Tamil Nadu
and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:-
Table -1
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Type of Vehicle | Base rate of fee per Km for the |
| | base year 2007-08 (In Rupees) |
+====================================================================+================+
| (1) | (2) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle | 0.65 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Light Commercial Vehicles, | 1.05 |
| Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Three axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM), Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or| 3.45 |
| Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (Four to Six Axles) | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (Seven or More Axles) | 4.20 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: -
Table-2
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is |
| | payable | payable |
+================================================================================+===============================+=============================+
| At design Km 152.000 of NH-45C | 15.760 | 100% for four or more lane |
| (New No.36), Vembukudi Village, | | of the base rates mentioned in|
| Thanjavur District in the state of | | Table-1 above |
| Tamilnadu. | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs.10
crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): -
Table-3
+---------------------------------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+
| Location of | Name of the | Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee is |
| Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Bypass | Off | | bypass for which | payable |
| | | | | additional | |
| | | | | Fee is payable | |
| | | | | Length Cost | |
| | | | | (in Km.) (in Rs. | |
| | | | | Crore) | |
+=================================+=================+==========+============+===================================+================+
| | | Design Km| Design Km | | |
| | | 117.600 | 120.000 | | |
| | Cholapuram | (existing| (existing | 2.400 67.51 | |
| At design Km 152.000 of | | Km | Km | | |
| NH-45C (New No.36), | | 112.160) | 114.700) | | |
| Vembukudi Village, Thanjavur | | Design Km| Design Km | | |
| District in the state of | Papanasam | 134.000 | 163.600 | 29.035 832.65 | |
| Tamilnadu. | | (existing| (existing | | |
| | | Km | Km | | |
| | | 128.740) | 164.000) | | |
+---------------------------------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+
| | Total | | | 31.435 | |
+---------------------------------+-----------------+----------+------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+
3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures
having length more than 60 m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting the length of structures into an equivalent
length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10:
Table-4
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is |
| | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+================================================================================+===================================================================+============================+=============================+
| At design Km 152.000 of NH-45C | 0.640 | 6.400 | 100% for four or more |
| (New No.36), Vembukudi Village, | | | lanes of the base rates |
| Thanjavur District in the state of | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| Tamilnadu. | | | above |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km)|
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+=====+==========+==========+=================+===============+
| 1 | 131.943 | 132.018 | Major Bridge | 0.075 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 2 | 134.309 | 134.380 | ROB | 0.071 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 3 | 149.295 | 149.415 | Major Bridge | 0.120 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 4 | 156.487 | 156.682 | Major Bridge | 0.195 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 5 | 160.940 | 161.119 | Major Bridge | 0.179 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
| | | Total | | 0.640 |
+-----+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial
purposes and resides within a distance of twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.340/- (Rupees Three Hundred
Forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:-
Table-5
+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+==============================================+==============================================+===========================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the|
| one way journey | | time of payment |
+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the | Fifty | One month from date of |
| Fee payable for fifty single journeys | | payment |
+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where
the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative
road is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
7. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible
load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway
to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub-rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be
entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle.
8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted
vehicles, service road, alternative road, etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
10. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table-1 above, the
actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the Authority
on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules
and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs.3213.37 crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the
activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be
notified separately. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. PROJ-26016(52)/1/2024-PIU Thanjavur/E-244457]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.