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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-08072025-264446
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2956]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025/ASHADHA 16, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th July, 2025
S.O. 3023(E).— Whereas notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways (number S.O. 1457 (E) dated the 9th May, 2017) issued under Section 11 of the
National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the
stretch Ambala – Himachal Pradesh Border from kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 45.950 National Highway
No. 72 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 on
mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 33.445
km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 3.70 km (having length of 0.370
km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Ambala-KalaAmb section from
design kilometer -0.800 to kilometer 33.015 of NH-72 (Part of New NH-344 & NH-7) near Banaundi
village in Ambala district of State Haryana and 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
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
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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(s) namely: -
Table 2
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Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which | Rate at which fee is
(chainage) | Fee is payable | payable
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At Km 17+500 of NH-72 (Part of | 33.445 | 100% for use four or more
New NH-344 & NH-7) near | | lane, of the base rates mentioned
Banaundi village in Ambala district | | in Table-1 above
of State Haryana | | [Excluding length of structures
| | (>60m)]
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2. 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 equalization factor
of 10: -
Table 3
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Location of Fee | Length of | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee
Plaza (chainage) | structures (in km) to| length (in km) | is payable)
| be converted into | |
| equivalent road | |
| length | |
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At Km 17+500 of | 0.370^ | 3.700 | 100% for use of four or
NH-72 (Part of New | | | more lane, of the base
NH-344 & NH-7) | | | rates mentioned in
near Banaundi | | | Table-1 above
village in Ambala | | |
district of State | | |
Haryana | | |
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^The details are as under: -
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Sr. No. | Design Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km)
--------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------
1 | Km 11+120 | Major Bridge | 0.100
2 | Km 16+800 | Major Bridge | 0.150
3 | Km 27+100 | Major Bridge | 0.120
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Total | | | 0.370
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3. 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 350.00
(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.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates,
namely: -
Table 4
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Amount Payable | Maximum number of one | Period of validity
| way journeys allowed |
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One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from the
one way journey | | time of payment
Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of
payable for fifty single journeys. | | payment
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5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the
said rules.
9. 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.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1197.83 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 realized.
[F. No. 11163/A-K/PROJECT/DCC-IPL/-Part(1)/E-252538]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
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