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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12112025-267580
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4929]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025/KARTIKA 20, 1947
7478 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th November, 2025
S.O. 5084(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways number S.O.1053(E) dated 05.03.2024 issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48
of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of NH No. 548C [excluding Tembhurni -Kurudwadi – Barshi
section under BOT project of State Govt. of Maharashtra] in the state of Maharashtra to the State Government of
Maharashtra.
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 "said rules”) the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in columns (2) of the Table 1 for
net road section length of 4.986 kilometer [Table-2] for use of four lane and at sixty per cent of the base rate specified
in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 80.105 kilometre [Table-2] for use of two lane with paved
shoulders on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Satara- Mhaswad from kilometer 0.00
to kilometer 85.686 of National Highway number 548C in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the National
Highways 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 (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
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | payable | |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km/Ch. 69.500 of NH-548C | 4.986 | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates |
| near/between Pimpari village(s) in | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Satara district of State Maharashtra. | | |
| | 80.105 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of |
| | | the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
2. 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 340.00 (Three hundred and forty Rupees) for
the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the 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 one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
4. 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.
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
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.
6. 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.
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 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 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 Rs. 653.46 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 National Highways Authority of India
shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized.
[F. No. RO/MUM/P-1087/2017-18/TOLL/E-239265]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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YADAVA
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Date: 2025.11.12 15:42:13 +0530