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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11042025-262394
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1647]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025/CHAITRA 19, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th April, 2025
S.O. 1678(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.3487 (E) dated the 26th November, 2013 issued under Section 05 of the National Highway Act,
1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of new National Highway No.157 situated
within the State of Odisha to the State Government of Odisha
Now, therefore, in exercise of 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 said "rules"), the Central Government, hereby levies the fee at 60% of the base rate
specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 118.715 km (Table-2) on the type of vehicle
specified in column (1) of Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulders of Charichhak - Bhanjanagar
section from design chainage Km 0.000 to Km 86.330 & from km 86.615 to Km 119.000 of National Highway
Number 157 in the State of Odisha and authorises National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) 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 | 1.05 |
| Minibus | |
+----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two axles) | 2.20 |
+----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicle | 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 following Fee Plaza for the
net road length Specified for such Fee Plaza, namely: -
Table-2
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in Km) for which | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Design Chainage) | fee is payable | |
+===========================================================+===================================+=====================================================+
| At Km 42.200 near town | 59.500 | 60% for use of two lane with paved |
| Phulbani in District Kandhamal of the State | | shoulders, of the baserates |
| of Odisha. | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 100.200 near town | 59.215 | 60% for use of two lane with paved |
| Bhanjanagar in District Ganjam of Odisha. | | shoulders, of the baserates |
| | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Total | 118.715 | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
2. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial
purpose and resides within a distance of twenty kilometres from the Toll plaza is Rs. 340 (Rupees Three hundred and
forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of said rules.
3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
Table-3
+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+=======================================+===========================================+=====================================+
| One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours |
| One way Journey | | from the time of |
| | | Payments |
+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee Payable| Fifty | One month from date |
| for fifty single journeys | | of payment |
+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
4. Fee for commercial vehicles (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.
5. 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 toll 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.
6. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicle, its permissible load, category of exempted
vehicle, service road, alternative road etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules.
7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
8. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometre for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table 1 above, the
actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicle and the discounts will be calculated by the National
Highways 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.
9. The estimated capital cost of the project is 287.204 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the
activities of Diversion of forest land, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highways
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RO/BBSR/11011/157/ORS/16-17/585/SMBP /E-197958]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.