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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-05122025-268258
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5381]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd December, 2025
S.O. 5569(E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 1664 (E) dated the 23rd May 2017 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 0.000 to Km 180.000
(Maheshkhunt – Saharsa – Purnea section) of NH - 107 in the State of Bihar 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 base rate specified in
column (2) of the Table-1 for net road section length of 8.370 Km [Table-2] for use of four or more lane section and at
sixty percent (60%) of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table-1 for net road length of 58.410 Km [Table-2]
and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 9.880 km (having length of 0.988 km [Table-4])
for use of two lane with paved shoulder section and at ninety percent (90%) of the base rate specified in column (2) of
the Table-1 for two lane with paved shoulder bypasses having length of 15.292 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore
or more and at one and one half time the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table-1 for four lane bypasses having
length of 4.900 Km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the
Table 1 below, of Maheshkhunt – Saharsa – Purnea section from Km 90.000 to Km 177+960 of National Highway
number 107 (new NH-231) in the State of Bihar 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 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 | 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 namely: -
Table-2
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | payable | |
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| | 58.410 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulder of |
| At Design Km 137+290 of NH | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing ≥10 | the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| 107 near Belachand Sukhial | Cr.) & length of structures (>60m)] | |
| village in Purnea district of| | |
| Bihar. | 8.370 | 100% for four or more lanes of the base |
| | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| | Cr.)& length of structures (>60m)] | |
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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: -
Table-3
+---------------------+--------------+----------+------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| Location of Fee | Name of the | Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee is payable |
| Plaza (chainage) | Bypass | Off | | bypass for which | |
| | | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | | Length (in | Cost (in Rs. | |
| | | | | Km.) | Crore) | |
+---------------------+--------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------------+------------------------------+
| At Design Km | Madhepura | 91+190 | 102+540 | 11.042 | 58.05 | 90% for two lane with paved |
| 137+290 of NH – | Bypass | | | | | shoulders, of the base rate |
| 107 near | | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Belachand Sukhia | Murliganj | 115+890 | 120+140 | 4.250 | 28.15 | |
| village in Purnea | Bypass | | | | | |
| district of Bihar. | | | | | | |
| | Purnea Bypass| 172+540 | 177+340 | 4.900 | 44.07 | 150% for four or more lane |
| | | 172+200 | 177+200 | | | of the base rates mentioned |
| | | | | | | in Table-1 above |
+---------------------+--------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------------+------------------------------+
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
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures^ (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | to be converted into equivalent | length (in km) | |
| | road length | | |
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| At Design Km 137+290 of | 0.988^ | 9.880 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| NH – 107 near Belachand | | | shoulders of the base rates |
| Sukhia village in Purnea | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| district of Bihar. | | | |
+------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
^The detail is as under:
+---------+-----------------------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Sr. No. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+---------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| 1 | 91+743.2 | 91+856.8 | Railway Over Bridge | 0.1136 |
| 2 | 94+450 | 94+530 | Major Bridge | 0.080 |
| 3 | 101+568.2 | 101+681.8 | Railway Over Bridge | 0.1136 |
| 4 | 112+819.6 | 112+932.4 | Railway Over Bridge | 0.11272 |
| 5 | 113+137 | 113+263 | Major Bridge | 0.126 |
| | (Existing | (Existing | | |
| | Ch 111+737)| Ch 111.863) | | |
| 6 | 115+185.2 | 115+274.8 | Railway Over Bridge | 0.08964 |
| 7 | 145+709.9 | 145+798.1 | Railway Over Bridge | 0.08828 |
| 8 | 147+790 | 147+910 | Major Bridge | 0.120 |
| | (Existing | (Existing | | |
| | Ch 147+640)| Ch 147+760) | | |
| 9 | 171+218 | 171+362 | Major Bridge | 0.144 |
| | (Existing | (Existing | | |
| | Ch 170+957)| Ch 171+101) | | |
+---------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| | Total | | | 0.988 |
+---------+-----------+-----------------------+---------------------+----------------+
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 340.00 (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.
5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: -
Table-5
+------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of | Period of validity |
| | one-way journeys | |
| | allowed | |
+------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------------------+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one| Two | Twenty-four hours from the |
| way journey | | time of payment |
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of |
| 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. Vehicles with valid functional FAStag will be allowed on the highway. A fee equal to two times of the fee
payable to that category will be levied from the vehicles who are not having valid functional FAStag, non- FAStag
vehicles, low balance, Blacklisted FAStag etc.
9. 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.
10. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with Rule 12 of the said rules.
11. 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.
12. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1179.93 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 calculated as per MoRT&H's OM dated 24.01.2013 and notified separately. The Authority shall maintain a record
of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. BRDIV-20024/9/2024-PIU Purnia/E-248356]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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