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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-05032026-270676
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1105]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2026/PHALGUNA 12, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd March, 2026
S.O. 1157(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number SO 1053(E) dated 05.03.2024, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of entire National Highway No. 548C [excluding Tembhurni -
Kurudwadi - Barshi section under BOT project of State Govt. of Maharashtra] situated within the State of Maharashtra
to the State Government of Maharashtra;
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 for net road section length
of 52.1616 Km [Table-2] at 60% of base rate and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 0.624
km (having total length of 0.0624 km [Table-3] ) at 60% of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for use
of two lane with paved shoulder section and for net road section length of 0.864 Km [Table-2] at the base rate specified
in column (2) of the Table 1 for use of four or more lane section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the
Table-1 below for stretch from km 85.686 (Mhaswad) to km 156.164 (Tembhurni) [excluding km 126.200 to 139.000]
and authorises the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) 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| 3.45 |
| (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
1. The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza:
Table 2
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | payable (Excluding length of | |
| | structure > 60m) | |
+=============================================================+=============================================+=====================================================+
| At design Km. 117.160 of NH-548C near | 52.1616 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Malshiras Taluka Malshiras Dist Solapur in | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| the State of Maharashtra. | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | 0.864 | 100% of four or more lane, of the |
| | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 Toll 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 3
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length of structures* | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | (in km) to be | Road length | |
| | converted into | (in km) | |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+=============================================================+=========================================+===================================+=====================================================+
| At design Km. 117.160 of NH- | 0.0624 | 0.624 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| 548C near Malshiras Taluka | | | shoulders, of the base rates mentioned |
| Malshiras Dist Solapur in the | | | in Table-1 above |
| State of Maharashtra. | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
* The details of >60m structure is as under:
+-------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+
| S. No.| Chainage (km) | | Length (km) |
| +---------+---------+-------------------+-------------------+
| | From | To | | |
+=======+=========+=========+===================+===================+
| 1 | 148.957 | 149.019 | | 0.0624 |
+-------+---------+---------+-------------------+-------------------+
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/-(Rupees Three Hundred and Forty
only) for FY 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the National Highways Fee
(Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.
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 time |
| journey | | of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of |
| fifty single journeys | | payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 prescribed 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 rules.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said rules.
9. Based on the Base rate of fee per km 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 shall be published in at least one newspaper, each in English and vernacular language
accordingly.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 346.18 Crores. The capital cost is subject to variation as the
activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, price adjustments, GST 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 realised.
[F. No. RO/MUM/P-1103/2017-18/TOLL /E-239266]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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Date: 2026.03.05 15:43:24 +05'30'
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