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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-07012026-269154
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 83]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2026/PAUSHA 16, 1947
119 GI/2026
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th January, 2026
S.O. 93(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3032(E) dated 22nd June, 2018 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of
India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the NH-709A (The highway starting from its
junction with NH-9 near Garhmukteshwar connecting Meerut, Budhana, Shamli in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Karnal,
Jind, Mundal and terminating at its junction with NH-709 near Bhiwani in the state of Haryana) 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 one and half times the rate
specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for bypasses having length of 12.028 km 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 Spur of Meerut-
Garhmukteshwar section of NH-709A connecting NH-119 (New NH-34) near village Salarpur Jalalpur (Meerut) to
NH-58 (New NH-334) near village Daurala, (MEERUT) bypassing Meerut City (Design KM.0+800 to Design
KM.12+828) and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee,
namely:-
Table - 1
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| Types 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 Multi | 3.45 |
| Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
1. 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 -2
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| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length | Cost | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | Bypass | | | (in Km.) | (in Rs. | |
| | | | | | Crore) | |
+=================================================================================================+===============+====================+====================+============+============+==========================================================================================+
| At Km. 03+050 of NH-709A near Sikhera Village in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. | Meerut Bypass | Design Ch. 00.800 | Design Ch.12.828 | 12.028 | 224.96 | 150% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table-I above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2. 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 kilometers from the Fee Plaza is Rs.340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred
Forty only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely,
Table-3
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| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+===================================================================+============================================+================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the |
| | | time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fees payable for fifty single journeys | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
4. Fee for commercial vehicles (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 alternate road
is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
5. 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 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.
6. 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.
7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
8. 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 National Highway
Authority of India 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.
9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 953.79 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 the Capital Cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. DLDIV-20018/54/2025-NHAI- RO Dehradun/E-257853]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.