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REGD. No. D. L-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-06122025-268299
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 5383] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd December, 2025
S.O. 5571(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 3078 (E), dated 10/07/2025, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the Entire NH from Ranchi-Nagar Untari-Jharkhand/Uttar Pradesh Border Section of National Highway 39 (Old NH-75) in the State of Jharkhand to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority");
And whereas, 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 Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the "said rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) in Table 1 (hereinafter referred to as “base rate”) for net road section length of 31.94 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure (having length more than 60 m) of 19.000 km [Table-4] (having length of 1.900 km) and at one and half times the base rate for bypass having length of 7.22 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of four or more lane of Khajuri Village Wyndhamganj (JH-UP Border) from design chainage Km. 219.600 to Km. 260.660 (existing Km. 218.500 to Km. 259.640) of National Highway number 75 (New NH-39) in the State of Jharkhand authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:-
Table-1
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| Type of vehicle | Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007-08 (In Rupees) |
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| (1) | (2) |
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| Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle | 0.65 |
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| Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | 1.05 |
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| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
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| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
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| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving | 3.45 |
| Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | |
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| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
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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 (Chainage) | Length (in Km) for which fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
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| At Design Km/Ch. 258.300 (Shri Banshidhar Toll Plaza) of NH-39 near Bilaspur Village in Garhwa District of Jharkhand | 31.94 Km (Excluding length of bypass (costing ≥10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60 m) | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
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2. In addition to above, the following fee shall 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 (Chainage) | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass for which additional fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
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| | | | | Length (in Km) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | |
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| At Design Km/Ch. 258.300 (Shri Banshidhar Toll Plaza) of NH-39 near Bilaspur Village in Garhwa District of Jharkhand | Nagari Untari Bypass of NH-39 | Design Km 246.450 | Design Km 253.750 | 7.22 | 168.204 | 150% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
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| **Total** | | | | **7.22** | **168.204** | |
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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 (Chainage) | Length of Structure (in Km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (In km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
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| At Design Km/Ch. 258.300 (Shri Banshidhar Toll Plaza) of NH-39 near Bilaspur Village in Garhwa District of Jharkhand | 1.900 | 19.00 | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
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| **Chainage** | **Type of Structure** | **Length (in km)** |
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| From Km | To Km | | |
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| 1 | 223.695 | 225.515 | Flyover | 1.820 |
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| 2 | 247.190 | 247.270 | MJB | 0.080 |
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| | **Total** | | **1.900** |
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4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purposes and resides within a distance to 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 provision 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-way journeys allowed | Period of validity |
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| One and half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of payment. |
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| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
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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 prescribed 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 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 Rules.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules.
10. 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 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 Crore 1436.49. 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 fee realised.
[F. No. JHDIV-12011/1/2025-PIU Daltonganj/E-259235]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.