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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15102025-266911
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025/ ASVINA 21, 1947
No. 4515]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th October, 2025
S.O. 4644(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide S.O. No 1056(E) dated 12.03.2020 issued under section 5 of National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the new National Highway 516E 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 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 "rules"), the Central Government here by levies the fee at 60% (sixty percent) of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 81.5584 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than the 60 m) of 1.016 km (having length of 0.1016 km (Table-4)) and at 90% of the base rate specified in Column (2) of the Table-1 for bypasses having length of 3.340 km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulder of Koyyuru to Chaparathipalem and Chaparathipalem to Lambasingi Section from design kilometer 120.000 to kilometer 205.000 of National Highway number 516E in the State of Andhra Pradesh and authorises the National Highways 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) |
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| (1) | (2) |
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| 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 |
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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
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| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
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| At km 143.470 of NH-516E in Ramarajupalem village in Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra Pradesh | 81.5584 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| | [Excluding length of bypass (costing >Rs. 10 crore) and length of structure (> 60 m)] | shoulders, of the base rates |
| | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
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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
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Name of | Taking off | Merging at | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | the Bypass | | | | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At km 143.470 of NH-516E in Krishna Ramarajupalem village in Devi Peta Alluri Sitharama Raju District Bypass of the State of Andhra Pradesh NH-516E | | Design km 136.600 (existing km 29/312 of SH-38) | Design km 139.940 (existing km 1/282 of ODR) | 3.340 | 20.13 | 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table-I above |
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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 60m 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 equalisation factor of 10:-
Table-4
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | | | |
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| At km 143.470 of NH-516E in Ramarajupalem village in Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra Pradesh | 0.1016* | 1.016 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| | | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| | | | mentioned in Table-I above |
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*The details are as under:
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| S. No. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 1 | 147.8842 | 147.9858 | Major Bridge | 0.1016 |
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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. 350.00/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Fifty only) for the year 2025-26 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
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| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
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| One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty Four Hours from the |
| journey | | time of payment |
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment|
| fifty single journeys | | |
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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 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.
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 vehicle and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of 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 Rs. 599.40 crore. The Capital cost is subjected to variation as activities of the land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement, civil works are in progress and financial closure of the project is 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. RW/NH-12012/01/2025/AP/Toll-EAP/E-253719]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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