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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11042025-262392
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1646]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025/CHAITRA 19, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th April, 2025
S.O. 1677(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Shipping, Road
Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) S.O. number 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 from the stretch of NH No. 218 (including extension from Bijapur and connecting Javergi-
Gulbarga and terminating at its junction with NH 9 near Hiomnabad) situated within 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 at the rate specified in column
(2) of the Table 1 for net road length of 4.582 km [Table-2] for use of four or more lane section and at sixty percent
of the base rate for net road section length of 34.118 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having length
more than 60m) of 1.400 km (having length of 0.140 km [Table-3]) for use of two lane with paved shoulders, on the
type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below, of Bijapur – Hubli Section from design kilometer
153.000 to kilometer 193.350 of National Highway Number -218 (New NH-52) 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, 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 | 3.45 |
| (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
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| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | Fee is payable | |
+===================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At Km 169.300-(Near Hebsure | 34.118 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the |
| Village, Navalgunda Taluk Dharwad | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Dist., Karnataka State) | | |
| | 4.582 | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates |
| | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 | Length of structures^ (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is |
| (chainage) | to be converted into | length (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+===================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At Km 169.300-(Near | 0.140^ | 1.400 | 60% for two lane |
| Hebsure Village, | | | with paved shoulders, |
| Navalgunda Taluk Dharwad | | | of the base rates |
| Dist., Karnataka State) | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | | above |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+-------+-------------------------+-----------------+---------------------+
| SI No | Existing Chainage (km) | Type of Structure | Length (km) |
| +---------+---------------+ | |
| | From | To | | |
+=======+=========+===============+=====================+=====================+
| 1 | 161.230 | 161.370 | Major Bridge | 0.140 |
+-------+---------+---------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| | | Total | | 0.140 |
+-------+---------+---------------+---------------------+---------------------+
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. 340.00 (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
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| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+===================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| one way journey | | of payment |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of |
| 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 commercial vehicles.
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 12of 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 132.38 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.153-93/86/2021(pt)/E-237150]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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