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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10102025-266837
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4461]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025/ASVINA 16, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th October, 2025
S.O. 4590(E).-Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O 1097 (E) dated 4th August, 2005 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 187.000 to km 189.350
(Banihal Bypass) and Km 220.700 to Km 286.110 (Srinagar Qazigund section) of National Highway number 1A
(New NH-44) in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir 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”) and in supersession of notification bearing number S.O. 1613(E) dated 16th
April 2019, the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net
road section length of 32.164 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 8.860
km (having length of 0.886 km, Table-4) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 32.200
km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for
the use of four or more lane section from kilometer 220.700 to kilometer 285.950 (Srinagar-Qazigund Section) of
National Highway number 1A (New NH-44) in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir 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 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 | 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 Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza namely;
Table-2
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | payable | |
+=============================================================+=================================================================+=============================================+
| At Design Km 258+564 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near | 32.164 | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| village Kaichachkoot in Pulwama district in the UT of | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing Rs.10 Cr.) and length of | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | structures (>60m)] | above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to the 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: -
Table 3
+-------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass | Rate at which fee is |
| (chainage) | Bypass | | | for which additional fee is | payable |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | +---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+
| | | | | Length (in | Cost (in Rs. | |
| | | | | Km.) | Crore) | |
+=====================================+===============+===============+===============+=====================+===================+===================================+
| Qazigund | Design km | Design km | 3.785 | 36.21 | 150% for four or |
| Bypass | 221.375 | 225.320 | | | more lane, of the |
| | | | | | | base rates mentioned |
| At Design Km 258+564 of | Bijbehara | Design km | Design km | 12.165 | 117.45 | in Table-1 above |
| NH-1A (New NH-44) near | Bypass | 238.470 | 250.710 | | | |
| village Kaichachkoot in | | | | | | |
| Pulwama district in the UT | | | | | | |
| of Jammu and Kashmir | Awantipora | Design km | Design km | 6.28 | 60.64 | |
| | Bypass | 262.040 | 268.640 | | | |
+-------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Pampore | Design km | Design km | 9.97 | 87.48 | |
| Bypass | 275.780 | 285.950 | | | |
+-------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Total | | | | 32.200 | | |
+-------------------------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+
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, 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 (chainage) | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is |
| | to be converted into | length (in km) | payable) |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+=============================================================+===================================================+=====================================+===================================+
| At Design Km 258+564 of NH-1A (New NH- | | | 100% for four or more lane, |
| 44) near village Kaichachkoot in Pulwama | 0.886^ | 8.860 | of the base rates mentioned |
| district in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir | | | in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
^The details of the structure are as under: -
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Design Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
+====================+=====================================+=====================+
| 1 | Km 222.064 to Km 222.224 | MJB | 0.160 |
| 2 | Km 242.981 to Km 243.056 | ROB | 0.075 |
| 3 | Km 252.783 to Km 252.914 | MJB | 0.131 |
| 4 | Km. 264.545 to Km. 264.705 | MJB | 0.160 |
| 5 | Km. 267.985 to Km. 268.145 | MJB | 0.160 |
| 6 | Km. 276.976 to Km. 277.176 | MJB | 0.200 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Total | | 0.886 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------+
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 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 one way journey | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of |
| | | payment |
| Two-third of the amount of the fee payable for fifty| Fifty | One month from the date of |
| single journeys. | | payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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-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 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 2803.99 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. CODIV-13023/1/2025-PIU Srinagar/E-253289]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
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