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This notification levies fees for the use of the four or more lane Madanapalle-Pileru Section of National Highway number 71 in the State of Andhra Pradesh, including specific rates for road sections, bypasses, and structures, and outlines conditions for various passes and vehicle types.

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This notification, S.O. 2490(E) dated 4th June, 2025, issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, levies fees for the use of the four or more lane Madanapalle-Pileru Section (from design Kilometer 0.000 to Kilometer 55.900) of National Highway number 71 in the State of Andhra Pradesh. This action is exercised under 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. The Central Government had previously entrusted the 74 Km stretch from Madanapalle-Pileru-Kalur of NH-71 to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) via notification S.O. 1050(E) dated 05th March, 2024, under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988). Fees are levied at a Fee Plaza located at Km. 28.785 of NH-71 near Gandaboyanapalle village in Annamayya District. The fee structure includes base rates per kilometer for the base year 2007-08 for different vehicle types (e.g., Car, Jeep, Van: Rs. 0.65; Bus or Truck (Two Axles): Rs. 2.20). Specific rates are applied for: a net road section length of 20.244 Km (100% of base rates); bypasses costing Rs 10 crore or more, totaling 32.219 Km (including Chinnatippasamudram-Vayalapadu, Kalikiri, and Pileru bypasses with costs of Rs. 368.37 crore, Rs. 141.73 crore, and Rs. 182.71 crore respectively), charged at 1.5 times the base rate; and structures exceeding 60m in length, totaling 3.437 Km (converted to an equivalent 34.370 Km road length using an equalisation factor of 10) at 100% of base rates. The notification also specifies a monthly pass fee of Rs 350/- for 2025-26 for local non-commercial vehicles residing within 20 Km of the fee plaza. Multiple journey passes are available: two journeys within 24 hours at 1.5 times the one-way fee, and fifty journeys within one month at two-thirds the amount of fifty single journeys. Commercial vehicles registered in the district (excluding national permit vehicles) are eligible for a 50% discount if no service or alternative road is available. Overloaded vehicles are liable to pay a fee as per sub-rule 1A of rule 10 and cannot use the highway until the excess load is removed. All definitions are as per the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. The Authority is authorized to collect fees, display rates per Rule 12, and annually revise fees per Rule 5, publishing changes in English and vernacular newspapers. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 4119.14 crore.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-06062025-263634 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2431] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025/JYAISTHA 15, 1947 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th June, 2025 S.O. 2490(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways S.O. 1050(E) dated 05th March, 2024 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of 74 Km. length from Madanapalle-Pileru- Kalur of the National Highway Section of New National Highway No.71 in the State of Andhra 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 20.244 Km. (Table-2), and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 34.370 Km. (having length of 3.437 Km., Table-4) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 32.219 Km. (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of four or more lane of Madanapalle-Pileru Section from design Kilometer 0.000 to Kilometer 55.900 (existing Km 0.000 to Km 59.250) of National Highway number 71 in the State of Andhra Pradesh 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 | 3.45 | | Equipment (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(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. 28.785 of NH-71 | 20.244 Km. | 100% for four or more lane | | Near Gandaboyanapalle village | (Excluding length of Bypass | of the base rates mentioned| | in Annamayya District of | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of | in Table-1 | | Andhra Pradesh | structures (>60m)) | above | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------+ THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] 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 +-----------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------------+ | Location of Fee | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length | Cost | | Plaza (chainage) | | | | (in Km.) | (in Rs. | | | | | | | Crore) | +=============================+========================+========================+========================+----------+-------------+ | At Km. 28.785 of | Chinnatippasamudram | Design | Design | 19.724 | | | NH-71 near | - Vayalapadu | Km. 3.475 | Km. 25.011 | | | | Gandaboyanapalle | Chintaparthi | (existing | (existing | (Excluding| | | village in | | Km 3.525), | Km. 27.700), | length of| 368.37 | | Annamayya District | | | | structures| | | of Andhra Pradesh | | | | (>60m) i.e.,| | | | | | | 1.812 Km.)| | +-----------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------------+ | | Kalikiri | Design | Design | 4.980 | | | | | Km. 32.600 | Km. 38.090 | | | | | | (existing | (existing | (Excluding| 141.73 | | | | Km. 35.400), | Km. 40.870), | length of| | | | | | | structures| | | | | | | (>60m) i.e.,| | | | | | | 0.510 Km.)| | +-----------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------------+ | | Pileru | Design | Design | 7.515 | | | | | Km. 47.030 | Km. 55.000 | | | | | | (existing | (existing | (Excluding| 182.71 | | | | Km. 49.930) | Km. 58.338) | length of| | | | | | | structures| | | | | | | (>60m) i.e.,| | | | | | | 0.455 Km.)| | +-----------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------------+ | | | | | 32.219 | | +-----------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------------+ | Rate at which fee is payable| | | | | 150% for | | | | | | | four or | | | | | | | more lane | | | | | | | 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 (chainage) | Length of structures | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable) | | | (in Km.) to be converted | road length | | | | into equivalent road length | (in Km.) | | +=============================================+===================================+================+============================+ | At Km. 28.785 of NH-71 near | | | 100% for four or more lanes| | Gandaboyanapalle village in | 3.437^ | 34.370 | of the base rates mentioned| | Annamayya District of | | | in Table-1 above | | Andhra Pradesh | | | | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+ ^The details are as under: - +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | Chainage | | Type of Structure| Length (in Km.) | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | From Km. | To Km. | | | +=============+=============+==================+====================+ | 6.746 | 7.481 | Major Bridge | 0.735 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 11.293 | 11.398 | Major Bridge | 0.105 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 11.873 | 12.023 | Major Bridge | 0.150 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 12.302 | 12.552 | Major Bridge | 0.250 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 16.474 | 16.579 | Major Bridge | 0.105 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 19.472 | 19.694 | ROB | 0.222 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 22.281 | 22.526 | Major Bridge | 0.245 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 27.050 | 27.380 | Major Bridge | 0.330 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 34.002 | 34.112 | Major Bridge | 0.110 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 35.684 | 36.014 | Major Bridge | 0.330 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 37.646 | 37.716 | Major Bridge | 0.070 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 40.503 | 40.608 | Major Bridge | (0.105+0.075)/2 = | | | | (length of 2-lane| 0.090 | | | | on LHS MCW is 105| | | | | m & length of | | | | | 2-lane on RHS | | | | | MCW is 75 m) | | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 43.280 | 43.480 | Major Bridge | 0.200/2 = 0.100 | | | | (2-lane on LHS | | | | | MCW) | | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 45.150 | 45.350 | Major Bridge | 0.200/2 = 0.100 | | | | (2-lane on LHS | | | | | MCW) | | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 46.430 | 46.510 | Major Bridge | 0.080/2 = 0.040 | | | | (2-lane on LHS | | | | | MCW) | | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 47.284 | 47.354 | Major Bridge | 0.070 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 47.717 | 47.927 | Major Bridge | 0.210 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 50.865 | 50.935 | Flyover | 0.070 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | 53.888 | 53.993 | Major Bridge | 0.105 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ | | | Total | 3.437 | +-------------+-------------+------------------+--------------------+ 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 350/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Fifty 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 one way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +===========================================+=================================+===========================+ | One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from | | one way journey | | the time of payment | +-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for| Fifty | One month from | | fifty single journeys. | | date of 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. 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 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 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 4119.14 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. PROJ-36017(92)/1/2025-PIU Tirupati/E-251507] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.

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