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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03112025-267325
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025/KARTIKA 9, 1947
No. 4798]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 31st October, 2025
S.O. 4953(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.0.2042 (E) dated 28th May 2021, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48
of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted National Highway No.381B situated within the State of Tamil Nadu
to the State Government of Tamil Nadu.
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
(hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2)
of the Table 1 for net road section of 24.440 Km (Table-2) for the use of four or more lane section and at sixty per
cent of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 14.940 Km (Table-2) for use
of two lane with paved shoulder section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of
Musiri-Namakkal Section (from Km 34.000 to Km 73.200) of National Highways number 381B in the State of Tamil
Nadu and authorises the National Highways Authority of India 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 Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini bus | 1.05 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Three- axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) | 3.45 |
| or 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 | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | Fee is payable | |
+=============================================================+=====================================+=======================================================+
| At Km 53/441.50 (The chainage of | 24.440 Km | 100% for four or more lane, of the base |
| centre point of Toll Plaza) of NH- | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| 381B, near village Elurpatti, Thottiyam | | |
| Taluk of Tiruchirappalli District, | 14.940 Km | 60% for two lane with paved shoulder, of |
| Tamil Nadu. | | the base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
2. 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 and Forty
Only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:-
Table-3
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+=========================================================+===================================================+=====================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
8. 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 National
Highways Authority of India 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 will be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular
language.
9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 321.67 Crore. The Capital cost is subject to variation as the
variation as the activities of land Acquisition, Utility shifting, tree cutting, etc., are yet to be completed. The National
Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized
[F. No. RO/Chennai/MoRTH/12014/NH-381B/39AP/2021-22/E-204949]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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