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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-13082026-275451
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4277]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026/SHRAVAN 20, 1948
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th August, 2026
S.O. 4455(E) — Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.0.1399 (E), dated the 27th September, 2005, issued under section 11 of the National Highways
Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretches from Km. 138.000 to Km
264.000 (Madurai-Arupukoti-Tuticorin section) of National Highway No. 45B in the State of Tamil Nadu respectively
to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority);
And whereas, pursuant to the provision of Section 14 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988
(68 of 1988), the Authority has entered into an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as said agreement) with M/s
Madurai Tuticorin Tollway Private Limited having its registered office at No.55, 2nd Floor, Lane-2, Westend Marg,
Saidulajab, Gadaipur, New Delhi, South West Delhi-110030, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as “Concessionaire") on
09th July 2026 for the bid submitted on 09th February 2026 for the Tolling, Operation, Maintenance and Transfer of
Four lane from Madurai-Tuticorin section at Design Km 138+800 to Design Km 266+865 of NH 45B (New NH-38)
in the state of Tamil Nadu (hereinafter referred to as the said section) of the National Highway.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A 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 and any
other its amendments notified thereof till bid due date) and in supersession of the Notification Number S.O. No.
1415(E) dated 16.06.2011, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central
Government, having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance, management and operation of the
said section, interest on the capital invested, reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of the agreement
entered into the Authority and the Concessionaire, hereby notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees for use
of said section at the rates specified in column (2) of Table -1 below for net road section length 92.653 km (Table-
2(and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 7.20 km (having length of 0.720 km, Table-4)
and at one and half times of the base rate for bypasses, costing rupees ten crore or more, having total length of 34.692
km (Table-3) on the type of vehicles specified in Column (1) of Table 1 and authorises the said Concessionaire to
collect and retain the fee on and from the appointed date or publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette,
whichever is later, till the termination date as specified in the agreement.
Table 1
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| Category 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 Minibus | 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, at the base rates mentioned
in Table-1 above, for the distance specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: -
Table-2
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| S. | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is Payable | Rate at which Fee is Payable |
| No. | (Design Kilometre [Km]) | | |
+=====+=======================================================+===================================================+===================================================+
| | At Km 143+580 of NH-38 near Eliyarpathy Village of | 42.471 Km | 100% for four or |
| | Madurai District in the state of Tamil Nadu | | more lane of the |
| | | [Excluding 0.224 km of | base rates mentioned |
| 1. | Or | structures (having length of and | Table-1 above. |
| | | length more than 60m) and | |
| | New Fee Plaza at Km 152+600 of NH-38 near Pulloor | excluding bypass length 21.370 | |
| | village in district of Virudhunagar in the state of | km] | |
| | Tamil Nadu | | |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
[Upon commencement of fee collection at this New Fee
Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km 143+580 shall be
deemed discontinued]
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| At design Km 254+940 of NH-38 near | 50.182 Km | 100% for four or |
| Pudhurpandiyapuram Village of Tuticorin District in the | | more lane of the |
| state of Tamil Nadu | [Excluding 0.496 km of | base rates mentioned |
| | structures (having length of and | Table-1 above. |
| Or | length more than 60m) and | |
| | excluding bypass length 13.322 | |
| 2. New Fee Plaza at Km 238+800 of NH-38 near | km] | |
| Jagaveerapandiapuram village in district of Tuticorin | | |
| in the state of Tamil Nadu | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
[Upon commencement of fee collection at this New Fee
Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km 254+940 shall be
deemed discontinued]
In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following bypass(es) at
the following Fee Plaza(s) at one and half times of the base rate mentioned in Table-1 above for the length of Bypass(es)
specified for such Fee Plaza(s):-
Table-3
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the bypass with | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost | Rate at |
| | Chainage | Off at | at km | of bypass for | which fee |
| | | km | | which additional | is payable |
| | | | | fee is payable | |
| | | | | Length | Cost |
| | | | | (in Km) | (in Rs. Crores) |
+=====================================================+=================================+==========+==========+============================+=================+
| At Km 143+580 of NH-38 near Eliyarpathy Village of | Karipatti Bypass | 153+800 | 158+310 | 4.440 | 46.765 |
| Madurai District in the state of Tamil Nadu | Kallkurichu Bypass | 163+000 | 165+700 | 2.700 | 18.787 |
| Or | Arupukottai Old Bypass | 170+984 | 179+475 | 8.430 | 102.380 |
| New Fee Plaza at Km 152+600 of NH-38 near Pulloor | Pandalgudi Bypass | 187+900 | 193+700 | 5.800 | 45.575 |
| village in district of Virudhunagar in the state of | | | | | |
| Tamil Nadu | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| [Upon commencement of fee collection at this New Fee| | | | | |
| Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km 143+580 shall be| | | | | |
| deemed discontinued] | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| At design Km 254+940 of NH-38 near | Ettayapuram Bypass | 219+870 | 221+870 | 2.000 | 12.340 |
| Pudhurpandiyapuram Village of | Tuticorin Bypass | 255+480 | 266+865 | 11.322 | 135.885 |
| Tuticorin District in the state of Tamil Nadu | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| Or | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| New Fee Plaza at Km 238+800 of NH-38 near | | | | | |
| Jagaveerapandiapuram village in district of Tuticorin | | | | | |
| in the state of Tamil Nadu | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| [Upon commencement of fee collection at this New Fee| | | | | |
| Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km 254+940 shall be| | | | | |
| deemed discontinued] | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+----------+----------+----------------------------+-----------------+
150% for
four or
more lane
of the base
rates
mentioned
in Table-1
above
3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures
having length more than 60 m 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 equalization factor of 10, at the base rate mentioned
in Table-1 above: -
Table-4
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures* (in km) to be converted | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | into equivalent road length | | |
+=====================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+
| At Km 143+580 of NH-38 near Eliyarpathy | 0.224 | 2.224 | 100% for four or |
| Village of Madurai District in the state of | | | more lane of the |
| Tamil Nadu | | | base rates |
| Or | | | mentioned in |
| New Fee Plaza at Km 152+600 of NH-38 near | | | Table-1 above |
| Pulloor village in district of Virudhunagar in | | | |
| the state of Tamil Nadu | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| [Upon commencement of fee collection at this | | | |
| New Fee Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km | | | |
| 143+580 shall be deemed discontinued] | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| At design Km 254+940 of NH-38 near | 0.496 | 4.96 | 100% for four or |
| Pudhurpandiyapuram Village of Tuticorin | | | more lane of the |
| District in the state of Tamil Nadu | | | base rates |
| Or | | | mentioned in |
| New Fee Plaza at Km 238+800 of NH-38 near | | | Table-1 above |
| Jagaveerapandiapuram village in district of | | | |
| Tuticorin in the state of Tamil Nadu | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| [Upon commencement of fee collection at this | | | |
| New Fee Plaza, operation of fee plaza at Km | | | |
| 254+940 shall be deemed discontinued] | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
*The details of structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
Table-5
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| S. No. | Chainage (Km) | Type and Name of structure | Length (in km) |
| | From Km | To Km | |
+=======+=============================+=======================+=======================+
| 1 | 153+965 | 154+035 | Major Bridge | 0.070 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2 | 161+870 | 161+963 | Major Bridge | 0.093 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 3 | 174+616 | 174+677 | ROB | 0.061 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Total length of structure | | 0.224 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 4 | 208+866 | 209+202 | Major Bridge | 0.336 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 5 | 234+982 | 235+085 | Major Bridge | 0.097 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 6 | 266+488 | 266+551 | Flyover | 0.063 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Total length of structure | | 0.496 |
+-------+-----------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
4. 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. 360/- (Rupees Three Hundred Sixty only)
for the year 2026-27 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
Table-6
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+=================================================+===================================================+===================================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one-way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under national permit) registered in the district where the
fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the prescribed rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative
road is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
7. A mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category under the rules,
shall not be permitted to use the National Highway for crossing the plaza until the excess load has been removed from
such mechanical vehicle. 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 as per the applicable provision in the said rules, namely:-
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| Percentage of excess load over Maximum Permissible | Multiplying Factor to the base rate | Fees |
| Gross Vehicular Weight | | |
+=====================================================+===================================================+===================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such category of mechanical |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | vehicle under sub-rule (2) of rule 4) x |
| | | (Multiplying factor)] |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| >60% to 80% | Eight | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| >80% and Above | Ten | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
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 kilometre 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 Authority. The
same shall be got published by the authority in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language through the
concessionaire and thereafter revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rule and provisions of the
concession agreement and will be published; provided, however, that such revision shall not be effected until a period
of 6 (six) months from the date of preceding revision of fee.
[F. No. FINDIV-16011(15)/1/2025-TOT/INVIT Division/E-259790]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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