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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.