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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-09102024-257792
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4024] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024/ASVINA 17, 1946
6517 GI/2024
[F. No. 11011/एनएच-45ए/02/खंड-10/2023/पीआईयू-पीडीवाई/2555/ई-234437]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th October, 2024
S.O. 4385(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 Ch) starting from its junction with NH-38 near Villuparuam-Puducherry-Cuddalore-Chidambaram-
Karaikul (Pudecherry)-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 on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in
column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 12.534 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length
(having length more than 60 m) of 4.0 Km (having length of 0.40 km) (Table-4) and at one and half times the base
rate for bypasses having length of 16.066 km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore on the type of vehicles specified in
column (1) of the Table 1 below above for use of four or more lane of Villupuram to Puducherry Section from design
kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 29.000 (Existing chainage from Km. 0.000 to Km. 25.624) of National Highway number
45A (New NH 332) in the State of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry UT and authorises the Authority to collect, either
through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:-
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) of Earth Moving Equipment (EME) | 3.45 |
| 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 payable |
| (chainage) | payable | |
+==================================================================================+===================================================================================================================================================================================+===================================================================================================================================================================================+
| At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | 12.534 | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| (New NH-332) | (Excluding length of Bypass | base rate mentioned in Table-labove |
| Gangarampalayam village in | (costing >10 Cr.) and length | |
| Villupuram District of Tamil | of structures (>60m) | |
| Nadu State | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 Cost (in Rs. | |
| | | | | Km.) Crore) | |
+==================================================================================+=======================+=====================+=====================+=============================================================================================================================+=================================================================================================================================+
| At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | Villupuram | Design Km | Design Km | 16.066 565.06 | 150% for four or |
| (New NH-332) | bypass | 0.000 | 16.35 | | more lane, of the |
| Gangarampalayam village in | | | | | base rate |
| Villupuram District of Tamil | | | | | mentioned |
| Nadu State | | | | | Table-labove |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total [Excluding length of structure (>60m) | | | | 16.066 565.06 | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 equalization factor of 10: -
Table- 4
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | to be converted into | (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+==================================================================================+=================================================================================================+=============================================+====================================================================================================+
| At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | 0.40011^ | 4.0011 | 100% for four or |
| (New NH-332) | | | more lane, of the base |
| Gangarampalayam in | | | rate mentioned in |
| Villupuram District of Tamil | | | Table-labove |
| Nadu State | | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under:
Chainage (Km)
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| Sl. No. | From | To | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| | | | (4 Lane) | |
+========+===========+===========+=============================+===============+
| 1 | 0+446.38 | 0+513.62 | ROB | 0.06724 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| 2 | 04+663.38 | 04+730.62 | ROB | 0.06724 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| 3 | 09+554.68 | 09+637.32 | Fly Over | 0.08264 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| 4 | 14+760.38 | 14+827.62 | ROB | 0.06724 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| 5 | 25+420.13 | 25+535.88 | ROB | 0.11575 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| TOTAL | | | | 0.40011 |
+--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+
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/- (Rupees Three Hundred Fourty Only)
for the year 2024-25, 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 or | | |
| more | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
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 1507.66 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. 11011/NH-45A/02/Vol-10/2023/PIU-PDY/2555/E-234437]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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