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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15092026-276217
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4804]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026/BHADRA 18, 1948
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th September, 2026
S.O. 4994(E).— Whereas, vide notifications of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping,
Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.0.465 (E), dated the 26th April,
2002, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central
Government had entrusted the stretch from Km. 292.400 to Km. 306.400 (Karur bypass) and km 306.400 to Km
446.800 (Salem-Madurai section) respectively of National Highway No. 7 in the State of Tamil Nadu to the National
Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority);
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 and
subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the "rules") and in supersession of the notification S.O. 1436(E)
dated 10.06.2009, the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column(2) of the Table 1 for net
road section length of 70.921 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 11.04
Km (having length of 1.104 Km [Table-4]) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of
5.70Km (Table 3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) Table-1 below for
use of the four laning of Karur to Dindigul section from Km 290.000 to Km 367.725 (Existing at Km.292.600 to Km
373.275) of NH-07 (New No.44) in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorises the Authority 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 Vehicles, | 1.05 |
| Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Three - axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Heavy construction machinery (HCM), 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 design Km 332.000 of NH-44, | 70.921 Km | 100% for four or more lane, of the|
| Velanchettiyur Village, Karur District | (Exculding length Bypass costing > | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| in the state of Tamilnadu. | 10 Cr, & Length of Structures More| above |
| | than 60m) | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs.10
crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): -
Table-3
+-----------------------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which |
| Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Bypass | | | bypass for which | fee is payable |
| | | | | additional | |
| | | | | Fee is payable | |
| | | | | Length Cost (in | |
| | | | | (in Km.) Rs. | |
| | | | | Crore) | |
+===================================+================+===================================+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| At design Km 332.000 | Vedasandur | Design | Design | 5.70 43.50cr | 150% for four |
| of NH-44, | Bypass | Km.349.500 | Km.355.200 | | or more lane of |
| Velanchettiyur | | | | | the base rates |
| Village, Karur District | | (existing Km | (existing Km | | mentioned in |
| in the state of | | 355.500) | 361.200 | | Table-1 above |
| Tamilnadu. | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------+----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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 60mt 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-4
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | |
| | equivalent road | | |
| | length | | |
+===================================+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| At design Km 332.000 of NH-44, | 1.104^ | 11.04 | 100% for four or more lane |
| Velanchettiyur Village, Karur | | | of the base rates mentioned |
| District in the state of Tamilnadu.| | | in Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
^The details are as under:
+-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
| S.No | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) |
| +------+------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+=======+=========+========+=====================+===================+
| 1 | 294.409 | 294.765| ROB | 0.356 |
+-------+---------+--------+---------------------+-------------------+
| 2 | 295.599 | 295.674| Flyover | 0.075 |
+-------+---------+--------+---------------------+-------------------+
| 3 | 297.791 | 298.209| Major bridge | 0.418 |
+-------+---------+--------+---------------------+-------------------+
| 4 | 312.169 | 312.362| Major bridge | 0.193 |
+-------+---------+--------+---------------------+-------------------+
| 5 | 361.749 | 361.811| Major bridge | 0.062 |
+-------+---------+--------+---------------------+-------------------+
| | Total length| | 1.104 |
+-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
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 kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.360/- (Rupees Three Hundred and 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-5
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| One and 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 | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for 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 specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative
road is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
7. 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 10 of the said rules.
8. 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.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
10. 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 Authority 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.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1145.06 crore. The Authority shall maintain a record of the
recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. TNDIV-12011/1/2026-PIU Dindigul/E-268827]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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