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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10112025-267537
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4913]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025/KARTIKA 19, 1947
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/16/2022-23-AP/Zone-III (C.No.220354)]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th October, 2025
S.O. 5068(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. No. 1052 (E) dated 05.03.2024, issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956
(48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted NH-167A from Design Chainage Km.0.000 to Km.47.000 (existing
Km.0.000 to Km.47.000) of Vodarevu – Chilakaluripet Section of National Highway No.167A in the State of Andhra
Pradesh to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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 and amended
from time to time ((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 20.3997 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure
length (having length more than 60m) of 9.633 Km (Table-4) (having a length of 0.9633 Km) and at one and one half
times the base rate for bypasses having length of 25.637 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 lane with paved shoulders of Vodarevu –
Chilakaluripet Section from Km. 0.000 to Km. 47.000 (existing Km.0.000 to Km.47.000) of National Highway 167A
in the State of Andhra Pradesh and authorizes National Highway Authority of India 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 (s) namely:-
TABLE -2
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | Payable | |
+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km.21+200 of NH - 167A near | 20.3997 | 100% for four or more lane, of |
| Upputuuru Village in Bapatla District of | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing | the base rates mentioned in |
| State Andhra Pradesh | rupess ≥10Cr.) and length of | Table-1 above |
| | structures(>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 bypass | Taking off | Merging at | Length and cost of bypass for which | Rate at which fee |
| (chainage) | | | | additional fee is payable | is payable |
| | | | | [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] | |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------+
| | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------+
| At Km.21.200 of NH - | Chirala- | km.3.600 | km.18.400 | 14.104 | 154.20 | 150% for four or |
| 167A near Upputuuru | KaramcheduBypass of | | | | | more lane, of the |
| Village in Bapatla | NH-167A | | | | | base rates |
| District of State Andhra | | | | | | mentioned in Table |
| Pradesh | Parchuru Bypass of | km.23.300 | km.26.100 | 2.620 | 37.22 | -1 above. |
| | NH-167A | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | Chilakaluripet Bypass | km.38.000 | km.47.000 | 8.913 | 74.17 | |
| | of NH-167A | | | | | |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------+
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 (chainage) | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is |
| | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km.21.200 of NH - 167A | 0.9633^ | 9.633 | 100% for four or more lanes, |
| near Upputuuru Village in Bapatla | | | of the base rates mentioned |
| District of State Andhra Pradesh | | | in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The details are under:-
+-------+------------------+-------------------+----------------+
| S.No. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +--------+---------+ | |
| | From Km| To Km | | |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| 1 | 10.827 | 10.893 | Major Bridge | 0.066 |
| 2 | 15.969 | 16.077 | Major Bridge | 0.108 |
| 3 | 18.105 | 18.525 | Major Bridge | 0.420 |
| 4 | 23.289 | 23.469 | Major Bridge | 0.180 |
| 5 | 7.077 | 7.179 | ROB | 0.102 |
| 6 | 45.511 | 45.598 | VUP | 0.0873 |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| | | Total | | 0.9633 |
+-------+--------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
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 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 way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| One and one half times of the fee for one | Two | Twenty four hours from the time |
| way 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 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 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 definition 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 National Highway Authority of India on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 923.41 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 National Highways Authority of India shall maintain record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/16/2022-23-AP/Zone-III (C.No.220354)]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR
AMIT KUMAR JAISWAL/JAISWAL
Date: 2025.11.10 19:35:19 +05'30'