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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-08082025-265311
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3550]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025/SHRAVANA 16, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th August, 2025
S.O. 3642 (E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.2407 (E) dated the 27th May 2022, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority
of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Km. 0.000 to km. 179.555
(Design Chainage) starting from its junction with NH-38 near Villuparuam – Puducherry – Cuddalore -Chidambaram
- Karaikul (Puducherry) - Nagapatinam of New NH-332 and part of New NH-32 (Old NH-45A) in the State of Tamil
Nadu 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 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 4.42 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60 m) of
9.18 Km (having length of 0.918 km) (Table-4) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of
32.662 km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore above on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1
below for use of four lane of Puducherry to Poondiyankuppam section from design kilometer 29.000 to kilometer
67.000 (Existing Chainage from km.25.624 to km. 77.000) of National Highway number 45A (New NH 32) in the
State of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry UT and authorise 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 | 1.05 |
| or Mini Bus | |
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) of Earth | 3.45 |
| Moving 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 here under 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 | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is |
| (chainage) | payable | payable |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 41+500 of NH-45A (New | 4.42 Km | 100% for four or more lane, of |
| NH-32) Seliyamedu village in | (Excluding length of Bypass | the base rate mentioned in |
| Puducherry district of Puducherry | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures | Table-1 above |
| UT. | (>60m) | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 The | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | | Rate at which fee |
| (Chainage) | Bypass | | | bypass for which | | is payable |
| | | | | additional fee is | | |
| | | | | payable | | |
| | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ |
| | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 41+500 of NH- | Puducherry & | Design | Design | 32.662 | 1097.00 | 150% for four |
| 45A (New NH-32) | Cuddalore | Km.29+420 | Km.63+000 | (excl. | | or more lane, |
| Seliyamedu village in | Combined Bypass | | | structure >60m) | | of the base rate |
| Puducherry district of | | | | | | mentioned in |
| Puducherry UT. | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Total (4 Lane) | | | | 32.662 | 1097.00 | |
+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee |
| (Chainage) | to be converted into | (in km) | is payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 41+500 of NH-45A | 0.918^ | 9.18 | 100% for four |
| (New NH-32) Seliyamedu | | | and or more more |
| village in Puducherry district of | | | lane, of the base |
| Puducherry UT. | | | rate mentioned in |
| | | | Table-labove |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+----------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Sl. No. | Chainage (Km) | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +---------+---------+ (4 Lane) | |
| | From | To | | |
+----------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 1 | 38+441 | 38+559 | Major Bridge | 0.118 |
| 2 | 47+341 | 47+601 | Major Bridge | 0.260 |
| 3 | 50+068 | 50+129 | ROB | 0.061 |
| 4 | 50+350 | 50+595 | Major Bridge | 0.245 |
| 5 | 60+640 | 60+746 | ROB | 0.106 |
| 6 | 60+985 | 61+052 | Flyover | 0.067 |
| 7 | 62+224 | 62+285 | ROB | 0.061 |
+----------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
| TOTAL | | | | 0.918 |
+----------+---------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
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 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 the time of |
| one way journey | | payment. |
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for fifty single journey | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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-rule1A of rule10 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, and category of exempted
vehicles, service road, alternative road, and 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 1791.25 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. COVID/18/2025-PIU Pducherry/E-252859]
VINAY KUMAR, Additional Secy.
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Date: 2025.08.08 15:57:16+05'30'