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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11022025-260897
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 682]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025/MAGHA 21, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th February, 2025
S.O. 686(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Shipping, Road
Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.O. 2297 (E) dated the 26th
September 2008 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government
has entrusted the stretch for NH. 218 (Including extension from Bijapur and connecting Jevargi-Gulbarga and
terminating at its junction with NH 9 near Homnabad in the state of Karnataka to the State Government of
Karnataka.
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 4.43 km [Table 2] and at sixty percent of the base
rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section for length of 45.44 km [Table 2] and for equivalent structure
length (having length more than 60m) 3.90 km (having length of 0.39 km [Table - 4]) on the type of vehicles specified
in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Bijapur – Hubli - section of National Highway No NH-218 (New NH-52) from
kilometer 56.000 to kilometer 106.260 of National Highway number NH-218 in the State of Karnataka and authorises
the National Highway Authority of India 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) 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 | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | which Fee is payable | |
+================================================================================================+=============================+================================---------------+
| At Km 104+425-(Near Mummatageri Village, | 45.44 Km | 60% of the base rates mentioned in Table- |
| Badami Taluk Bagalkot Dist., Karnataka State) | | 1 above for 2 lane with paved shoulder |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| | 4.43 Km | 100% of the base rates mentioned in |
| | | Table-1 above for 4 or more lane |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
2. 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-3
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | equivalent road length | length (in km) | |
+======================================+================================================================+==========================+===============================+
| At Km 104+425-(Near | 0.39^ | 3.90 | 60% of the base rates |
| Mummatageri Village, Badami | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Taluk Bagalkot Dist., Karnataka | | | for 2 lane with paved shoulder|
| State) | | | |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-------------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+-------+---------------+-------------+-------------------+------------+
| SI No | Chainage (km) | Type of Structure | Length (m) |
| +-------+-------+ | |
| | From | To | | |
+=======+=======+=======+===================+============+
| 1 | 72+335| 72+725| Major Bridge | 390 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+------------+
| | | Total | | 390 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+------------+
3. 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. 340.0 (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.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
Table-4
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+===========================================+===========================================+===========================+
| One and one-half times of the fee | Two | Twenty-four hours from the|
| for one way journey | | time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of |
| payable for fifty Single journeys | | payment |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
5. 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.
6. 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 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.
7. 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.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
9. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned inTable-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 the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular
language.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 129.74 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 National Highway
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/BNG/NH-218/Km 56-106/98/2021(pt.)/E-240402]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.