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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12062025-263752
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2495] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025 / JYAISTHA 21, 1947
3775 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th June, 2025
S.O. 2559(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.1052 (E) dated 05th March, 2024, issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act,
1956(48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted New NH-167B in the state of Andhra Pradesh to State
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein
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 40.599 (Table-2) km at sixty percent of the base rate for the
use of two lane with paved shoulder section and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of
1.750 km (having a length of 0.175 Km, Table-3) on type on vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of
Kadapa/Nellore Border to CS Puram section from Design Chainage Km 58.635 to 99.409 (existing Km.16.200 to
59.114) of National Highway number 167B 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
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| 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 namely: -
Table-2
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | which fee is payable | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| At Km 76+938 of NH-167B near Kothapalli | 40.599 Km | 60% for two lane with paved|
| Village of Chandrasekhara Puram Mandal in Prakasam | [Excluding length of | shoulders of the base rates|
| District of Andhra Pradesh | structures (>60m)] | mentioned in Table-1 above |
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2. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures having
length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of
highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10: -
Table-3
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| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of Structures^ | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is |
| | (in km) to be converted | road length | payable |
| | into equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
| At Km 76+938 of NH-167B near | 0.175 Kms | 1.750 Kms | 60% for two lane with paved|
| Kothapalli Village of Chandrasekhara | | | shoulders of the base rates|
| Puram Mandal in Prakasam District of | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------------+
^ The details are as under: -
+-------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| S.No. | From Km. | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) |
| | Chainage | Chainage | | |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 1 | 82.482 | 82.557 | Major Bridge | 0.075 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 98.380 | 98.480 | Major Bridge | 0.100 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | | | Total | 0.175 Km |
+-------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial
purposes and resides within a distance to twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.350.00 (Rupees Three Hundred
Fifty Only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision 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 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 payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
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 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.
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 rules 12 of the said Rules.
9. Based on the Base rate of fee per km 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 the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs.209.33 Cr. 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 realized and after recovery of the capital cost.
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/22/2021-AP/Zone-III Comp. No.203176]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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