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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11022025-260896
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 683]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025/MAGHA 21, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th February, 2025
S.O. 687(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (number S.O. 1455 (E) dated the 09th May, 2017) 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 190.000 to
kilometer 283.000 of Jharkhand- Mirzachowki-Farakkha section of National Highway number-80, in the State of
Jharkhand 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 on mechanical vehicles at the rate
specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 32.241 Kilometer [Table-2] (for the use of four or
more lane section) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 3.060 km (having length of
0.306 km [Table-4]) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 10.171 km [Table-3]
costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Rajmahal
Bypass from design kilometer 232.100 to kilometer 242.450 (existing km 235.132 to km 245.660) of National
Highway number NH-33 & (old NH-80) in the State of Jharkhand 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 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 hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: -
Table 2
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| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
+===========================================================================================+=================================================================================================+=======================================================================+
| At Km/Ch. 251.950 of NH-33 (old-NH-80) | 32.241 | 100% for four or more lane of the |
| near Lakhijol village in Sahibganj district of | (Excluding length of Bypass | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| State (Jharkhand) | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)) | above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 additional fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | |
+===========================================================================================+==========================+=====================================+====================================+===============================================+================================================+================================================================================================----+
| At Km/Ch. 251.950 of | Rajmahal Bypass | Design km | Design km | 10.171 | 122.32 | 150% for |
| NH-33 (old-NH-80) near | of NH-33 (old-NH-80) | 232.100 | 242.450 | | | four or more |
| Lakhijol village in | | (existing km | (existing | | | lane, of the |
| Sahibganj district of State | | 235.132) | km | | | base rates |
| (Jharkhand) | | | 245.660) | | | mentioned in |
| | | | | | | Table-1 |
| | | | | | | above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+================================================+================================================================================================----+
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 km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable) |
+===========================================================================================+=======================================================================+=================================+=======================================================================+
| At Km/Ch. 251.950 of NH-33 (old-NH- | 0.306^ | 3.060 | 100% for four or more lanes, |
| 80) near Lakhijol village(s) in | | | of the base rates mentioned |
| Sahibganj district of State (Jharkhand) | | | in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+
| Chainage | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length |
| | | | (in km) |
+===========+===========+=================+===============+
| From Km | To km | | |
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 218+901 | 219+028 | ROB | 0.127 |
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+
| 239+711 | 239+890 | ROB | 0.179 |
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+
| | | Total length | 0.306 |
+-----------+-----------+-----------------+---------------+
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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 340.000 (Rupees three hundred and forty 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 journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+=======================================================================+===========================================+==========================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys. | Fifty | One month from date of 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 1578.50 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. PROJ-31016(54)/3/2024-PIU Sahibganj/E-245720]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.