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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-08072025-264454
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2957]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025/ASHADHA 16, 1947
[F. No. NHAI/DGM(T)&PD/PIU-CBE/NH-47(544)/2023/209DT.25.02.2023/E-253301]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th July, 2025
S.O. 3024(E).—Whereas, by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.1883 (E) dated 25.04.2025 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of
India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Salem to Tamil Nadu / Kerala
border Section of NH 544 (entire NH) to 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") and in supersession of existing user fee notification published in Gazette of
India vide S.O. 716 (E) dated 21.08.1998 & 717 (E) dated 21.08.1998 & its all amendments, which lastly amended
vide S.O. 225 (E) dated 08.01.2018 & S.O. 224 dated 08.01.2018 respectively, the Central Government, hereby levies
the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 8.910 Km and at one and half
time of the base rate for bypass having length of 3.220 Km for use four or more lane and at 60% of the base for
equivalent structure length (having length more than 60 m) of 0.645 Km (having length of 0.0645 Km) and at 90% of
the base for bypass having length of 26.135 Km for use of two lane with paved shoulders, type of vehicles specified in
column (1) of the Table below of Neelambur to Walayar section from Km 144.680 to Km 183.010 of National
Highway no.544 in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorize the Authority to collect toll fee either through its officials or
through an agency, 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 Equipment (EME) or Multi | 3.45 |
| Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | |
| Over Sized 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 | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | which Fee is | |
| | payable | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| At Km 170.275 of NH 544 (existing Chainage at Km | 8.910 | 100% for use of four or more lane, |
| 167.100 of Old NH 47) in Madukkarai Village, Coimbatore | | of the base rates mentioned in Table- |
| District, Tamil Nadu State. | | 1 above. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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 Plaza | Name of | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost of bypass | Rate at which Fee |
| (chainage) | Bypass with | Off | at | for which additional fee is | is payable |
| | Chainage | | | payable (Excluding | |
| | | | | Structures > 60 m) | |
| | | | | Length Cost | |
| | | | | (in Km.) (in Rs. Crore) | |
+-----------------------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| At Km 170.275 of NH 544 | Coimbatore | Km | Km | 26.135 | 104.40 | 90% for two lane |
| (existing Chainage at Km | bypass | 144.680 | 170.880 | | | with paved |
| 167.100 of Old NH 47) in | | | | | | shoulders, of base |
| Madukkarai | | | | | | rate as mentioned in |
| Village, | | | | | | Table 1. |
| Coimbatore District, Tamil | | | | | | |
| Nadu State. | | | | | | |
| +--------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| | KG Chavadi | Km | Km | 3.220 | 63.02 | 150% for use of four |
| | Bypass | 174.140 | 177.360 | | | or more lane, of base |
| | | | | | | rate as mentioned in |
| | | | | | | Table 1. |
+-----------------------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following
structure having length more than 60 m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting the length of
structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length such structures by an
equalization factor of 10:-
Table-4
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of Structure^ (in | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is |
| | km) to be converted into | road length (in | payable |
| | equivalent road length km | Km) | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 170.275 of NH 544 (existing | 0.0645 | 0.645 | 60% for two lane with |
| Chainage at Km 167.100 of Old NH 47) in | | | paved shoulders of the base |
| Madukkarai Village, Coimbatore District, | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Tamil Nadu State. | | | above. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under:
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Sl.No.| From km | To km | Type of structure | Length (in Km) |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| 1. | 150.800 | 150.865 | Major Bridge | 0.0645 |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
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 kilometers from the toll plaza is Rs.350/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Fifty Only)
for the FY 2025-26 which is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
5. For multiple journey 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 one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of |
| fifty single journeys | | payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the
fee plaza 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.
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 over loaded 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 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 newspapers in English and vernacular language.
11. The capital cost of the project length is Rupees 430.71 Crores. The Authority shall maintain a record of the capital
cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. NHAI/DGM(T)&PD/PIU-CBE/NH-47(544)/2023/209DT.25.02.2023/E-253301]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
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