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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03112025-267344
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4795]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025/ KARTIKA 9, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 31st October, 2025
S.O. 4950(E).-Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways vide S.O. No 1052(E) dated 05.03.2024 issued under section 5 of National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), the Central Government has entrusted new NH-516E situated within the State of Andhra Pradesh to the State
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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 here by levies the fee at 60% (sixty percent) of the
base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 70.051 Km[Table-2] and for equivalent
structure length (having length more than the 60 m) of 0.69 Km (having length of 0.069 km [Table-3]) on the type of
vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulder of Rampachodavaram to
Koyyuru Section from Design Chainage Km. 43.700 to Km. 113.820 (Existing Ch. Km. 43.700 to Km. 116.865) of
National Highway number 516E in the state of Andhra Pradesh; and authorises the National Highway 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) or Multi | 3.45 |
| 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. 84.150 of NH-516E in Gavarayyapeta village in | 70.051 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of |
| Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra | [Excluding length | of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Pradesh | structures(>60m)] | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures
having length more than 60m 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 equalisation factor of 10:-
Table-3
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is |
| (chainage) | to be converted into | road length | payable |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+=============================================================+=================================================+=================================================+=================================================+
| At km 84.150 of NH-516E in | 0.069^ | 0.69 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Gavarayyapeta village in Alluri | | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| Sitharama Raju District of the State of | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under:
+----------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | Design Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +---------+----------+ | |
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+==========+=========+==========+=====================+=====================+
| 1 | 95.931 | 96.000 | Major Bridge | 0.069 |
+----------+---------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | Total | | 0.069 |
+----------+---------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+
3. 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. 340.00/- (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.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
Table-4
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 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 |
| journey | | time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
9. 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 vehicle and the discounts will be calculated by the National
Highway Authority of India on the basis of 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.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 451.57 Crore. The capital cost is subject to 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 record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/29/2021-AP/Zone-III/E-206760]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL
Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL
Date: 2025.11.03 14:56:38 +05'30'