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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-05052025-262899
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1961]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025/VAISAKHA 12, 1947
2941 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd May, 2025
S.O. 2005(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 2949 (E) dated the 15th September 2016 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Km. 0.00 to Km. 223.70 (Shimla – Mataur) of National Highway No. 88 in the state of Himachal Pradesh 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 (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 length of 13.41 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) 19.2 km (having length of 1.92 km; Table-4) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 2.8 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more for the use of four or more lane section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Bhangbar (near Ranital) to Kangra Bypass up to intersection with NH-154, NH section from Design Km. 175.270 to Km. 193.400 of National Highway No. 88 (New NH-303, 503) in the state of Himachal Pradesh and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:- The fee 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-1
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| 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 to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza namely: -
Table-2
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | payable | |
+==========================================================================================+===============================================+=====================================================+
| At Design Km 181+700 of NH- | 13.41 (Excluding length of Bypass | 100% for four or more lane of the base |
| 88 (New NH-503) near | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Ghatta Village in Kangra district | structures (>60m)) | |
| of Himachal Pradesh | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Name of | Taking off | Merging at | Length and cost of Bypass | Rate at which |
| (Chainage) | the | | | which additional fee is | fee is payable|
| | Bypass | | | +--------------+---------------+ | |
| | | | | | Length in Km | Cost | | |
| | | | | | | (in Crore) | | |
+==========================================================================================+==========+------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+================================================+---------------+
| At Design Km 181+700 of | Kangra | Design | Design | 2.8 | | 150% for four or | |
| NH-88 (New NH-503) near | Bypass | Km. | Km. | (Excluding | 150.00 | more lane of the | |
| Ghatta Village in Kangra district | | 187+000 | 191+500 | length of | | base rates. | |
| of Himachal Pradesh | | | | structures | | | |
| | | | | (> 60m)) | | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Total | | | | 2.8 | | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+------------+-------------+--------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------+---------------+
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 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-4
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of Structure (in km) to | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | be converted into equivalent | length (in km) | |
| | road length | | |
+==========================================================================================+================================================================+===============================================+=====================================================+
| At Design Km 181+700 of | 1.92^ | 19.20 | 100% for four or more lane of |
| NH-88 (New NH-503) near | | | the base rates mentioned in |
| Ghatta Village in Kangra | | | Table-1 above |
| district of Himachal Pradesh | | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^ The Details are as under: -
Structure having length more than 60m
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| Sr. No. | Structure (Chainage km.) | Type of Structure | Length* (km.) |
+=========+===================+===================+===================+================+
| 1 | 180.339 | 180.494 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.155 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 2 | 181.975 | 182+041 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.0664 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 3 | 187.100 | 187+693 | 4 Lane Tunnel | 0.593 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 4 | 188.823 | 188.995 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.172 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 5 | 189.479 | 189.639 | 4 Lane Viaduct | 0.160 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 6 | 189+859 | 190.111 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.252 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 7 | 190.891 | 190.961 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.070 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 8 | 190.993 | 191.448 | 4 Lane ROB cum Viaduct| 0.455 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| | Total | | | 1.92 |
+---------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------------+
*Average length of both sides has been considered.
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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 340.000 (Rs. Three Hundred and 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
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| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one- | Period of validity |
| | way journeys allowed | |
+================================================+===============================================+=====================================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of |
| one way journey | | payment |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| for fifty single journeys | | |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 kilometre 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 Rupees 1322.95 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. HPDIV-12011/1/2024-PIU Hamirpur/E-243712]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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