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The Central Government hereby levies a fee at specified rates for the use of four or more lanes of the Vengalam Junction to Kappirikkad section of National Highway 66 in the State of Kerala.

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This notification, S.O. 114(E) dated 7th January, 2026, issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, levies a user fee for a specific stretch of National Highway 66 in Kerala. Previously, by notifications S.O. 4143(E) dated 19th November, 2019, and S.O. 1507(E) dated 12th May, 2020, under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government had entrusted stretches from Kilometer 230.400 to Kilometer 258.800 (Vengalam junction to Ramanattukara junction section) and remaining partial stretches from Km. 258.800 to Km. 438.827 of National Highway No.17 (New NH-66) in Kerala to the National Highways Authority of India. Now, in exercise of 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, a fee is levied for the use of four or more lanes of the (Venglam Junction to Kappirikkad section) from design kilometer 230.400 to design kilometer 335.850 (existing km 230.400 to existing km 349.260) of National Highway 66. The fee is levied at base rates for a net road section length of 90.078 Km, and for equivalent structure length of 96.59 Km (derived from 9.659 Km actual structure length by an equalization factor of 10 for structures over 60m). Additionally, one and a half times the base rate is charged for bypasses costing Rupees ten crore or more, totaling 5.695 km. Base rates per km for the base year 2007-08 range from Rs. 0.65 for Cars/Jeeps to Rs. 4.20 for Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles). Fees are payable at User Fee Plazas located at Km 250+300 (near Olavanna Village, Kozhikode District) and Km 297+540 (near Vettichira Village, Malappuram District). Specific bypasses include Kotakkal Bypass (3.495 Km, cost Rs 592.43 Cr) and Valancherry Bypass (2.200 Km, cost Rs 409.38 Cr). A monthly pass for non-commercial vehicles registered within 20 kilometers of a fee plaza is Rs. 340.00 for 2025-26. Commercial vehicles registered in the district where the fee plaza falls are eligible for a 50% discount if no service or alternative road is available. Overloaded vehicles are liable to pay a fee as per sub-rule 1A of Rule 10 and must remove excess load. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 15,011.95 Crores, and fee rates will be revised annually in accordance with Rule 5 of the said rules and published in newspapers.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-09012026-269220 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 104] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th January, 2026 S.O. 114(E).- Whereas by notification of the government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways numbers S.O. 4143(E) dated the 19th November, 2019 and S.O.1507(E), dated the 12th May, 2020, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Kilometer 230.400 to Kilometer 258.800 (Vengalam junction to Ramanattukara junction section) of National Highway No.17 (New NH-66) and the remaining partial stretches of Karnataka/Kerala border- Kasaragod- Kannur- Ponnani- Edappalli section from Km. 258.800 to Km. 438.827 of National Highway No.17 (New NH-66) in the state of Kerala respectively 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 the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 90.078 Km [Table -2] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 96.59 Km (having length of 9.659 Km [Table 4]) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 5.695 km [Table 3] 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 of (Venglam Junction to Kappirikkad section) from design kilometer 230.400 to design kilometer 335.850 (existing km 230.400 to existing km 349.260) of National Highway 66 in the State of Kerala and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:- Table -1 +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Type of vehicle | Base rate fee per km for the base | | | year 2007-08 (in | | | Rupees) | +=============================================================+=======================================+ | (1) | (2) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Car, Jeep, 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 axles 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 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ 1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the User Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such User Fee Plaza namely :- Table-2 +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Location of User Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in Km) for which fee is payable | Rate at which fee is | | | [Excluding length of bypass (costing | payable | | | >10 Cr.) and length of Structures >60 m length)] | | +=====================================================+=============================================================================================================+=====================================+ | At Km 250+300 (new NH Ch.228+561) | 50.129 Kms | 100% for four or more lane | | of NH-66 (Near Olavanna Village in | | of the base rates mentioned | | Kozhikode District) | | in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | At Km 297+540 (new NH Ch.275+783) | 39.949 Kms | | | of NH-66 (Near Vettichira Village in | | | | Malappuram District) | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 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 | Name | Taking off | Merging | Length (in | Cost (in | Rate at which Fee is | | (Chainage) | of the Bypass | At | At | Km.) | Rs.Crore) | payable | +============================+=================+============+============+=======================+=======================+=====================================+ | | Kotakkal | 284.760 | 289.720 | 3.495 | 592.43 | 150 % for | | | Bypass of NH 66 | | | (*Excluding Structures| Cr | four or more | | | | | | >60 m length) | | lane of the | | | | | | | | base rates | | | | | | | | mentioned in | | | | | | | | Table-1 above | +----------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------+ | At Km 297+540 (new NH Ch. | Valancherry | 300.400 | 304.580 | 2.200 | 409.38 Cr | 150 % for | | 275+783 of NH-66 | Bypass of NH-66 | | | (*Excluding Structures| | four or more | | (Near Vettichira Village | | | | >60 m length) | | lane of the | | in Malappuram District) | | | | | | base rates | | | | | | | | mentioned in | | | | | | | | Table-1 above | +----------------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------+ 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 | Length of structures^ | Equivalent road | Rate at which Fee is | | (Chainage) | (in Km) to be converted | into length (in Km) | payable | | | equivalent road length | | | +=====================================================+=================================================+===========================+=====================================+ | At Km 250+300 (new NH Ch. 228+561) | 4.213 | 42.13 | 100% for four or more | | of NH-66 (near Olavanna Village | | | lane of the base rates | | in | | | mentioned in Table-1 | | Kozhikode District) | | | above | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | At Km 297+540 (new NH Ch. 275+783 | 5.446 | 54.46 | 100% for four or more | | of NH-66 (near Vettichira Village | | | lane of the base rates | | in Malappuram District) | | | mentioned in Table-1 | | | | | above | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: - Structure having length more than 60m +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | S.No. | Location of Structure | (Chainage Km.) | Type of Structure | Length (Km.) | +=======+==========================+==========================+======================================+================+ | 1 | 231.065 | 231.595 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.530 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 232.594 | 233.078 | New 3 lane Bridge | 0.483 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 235.296 | 235.482 | New 3 lane Bridge | 0.185 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 235.790 | 236.330 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.540 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 5 | 245.398 | 245.872 | New 3-lane Flyover+ Existing | 0.474 | | | | | 2-lane Flyover | | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 6 | 247.880 | 248.570 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.690 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 7 | 250.659 | 250.787 | New 3 lane Bridge | 0.129 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 8 | 251.615 | 251.945 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.330 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 9 | 254.740 | 255.036 | New 3 lane Bridge | 0.297 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 10 | 258.095 | 258.535 | New 3-lane Flyover+ Existing 2-land | 0.440 | | | | | Flyover | | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 11 | 277.467 | 277.582 | New 3 lane Bridge + Existing 2 Lane | 0.115 | | | | | Bridge | | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | | Total (For Fee Plaza at Km.250+300) | | 4.213 | +=======+==========================+==========================+======================================+================+ | 1 | 284.94 | 285.51 | 6 Lane Viaduct | 0.570 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 285.97 | 286.06 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.090 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 287.84 | 288.420 (LHS), | 6 Lane Viaduct | 0.805* | | | | 288.870 (RHS) | | | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 295.76 | 296.05 | 6 Lane Viaduct | 0.290 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 5 | 296.92 | 297.01 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.090 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 6 | 300.785 | 302.765 | 6 Lane Viaduct | 1.980 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 7 | 310.530 | 310.799 | 6 Lane ROB | 0.269 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 8 | 311.144 | 311.220 | 6 Lane Flyover | 0.076 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 9 | 311.720 | 312.097 | 6 Lane Major Bridge | 0.377 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 10 | 323.344 | 323.701 | 6 Lane Viaduct | 0.357 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 11 | 326.141 | 326.381 | 6 Lane Major Bridge | 0.240 | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | 12 | 328.950 (LHS), | 329.152 (LHS), | New 3 lane Bridge + Existing 2 Lane | 0.302* | | | 328.932 (RHS) | 329.335(RHS) | Bridge | | +-------+--------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ | | Total (For Fee Plaza at Km. 297.540) | | 5.446 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+----------------+ *Avg length 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.340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty 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 | Period of validity | | | way 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 | Fifty | One time from date of payment | | for fifty single journeys | | | +-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ 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 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 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 Rs. 15,011.95 Crores. 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. KRDIV-20018/10/2024-PIU Kozhikode/E-250205] CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.

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