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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15102025-266914
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4514]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025/ ASVINA 21, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th October, 2025
S.O. 4643(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-765 from Telangana Border to Tokapalli (New NH-
565) situated within the state of Andhra Pradesh to the 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 at sixty percent of the base rate specified in
column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 21.637 kilometre [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length
(having length more than 60m) of 0.63 kilometre (having a length of 0.063 Km [Table-4]) and at 90% of the base rate
speicified in column (2) of the Table-1 for bypass having length of 2.500 kilometre [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 shoulders
of Dornala - Kunta section from Design Chainage Km 244+000 to 267+990 (existing Km.244+000 to 268+700) of
National Highway number 765 in the State of Andhra Pradesh and authorises the National Highway 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 | 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
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | payable | |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 248+800 of NH-765 Jammi Dornala | 21.637 Km [Excluding length of | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Village of Dornala Mandal in Prakasam | Bypass (costing>10 Cr.) and length | shoulders, of the base rates |
| District of Andhra Pradesh | of structures (>60m)] | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee |
| | Bypass | | | bypass for which | is payable |
| | | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | Design km | Design km | Length (in | Cost (in | |
| | | 244+700 | 247+200 | Km) | Rs. Cr.) | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+-------------+------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Design Km 248+800 (Existing | Dornala | (existing | (existing | 2.500 | 10.60 | 90% for two |
| Km 249+670) of NH-765 Jammi | Bypass | km | km | | | lane two lane with |
| Dornala Village of Dornala Mandal | | 244+700) | 248+070) | | | paved shoulders, of |
| in Prakasam District of Andhra | | | | | | the base rates |
| Pradesh | | | | | | mentioned in |
| | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------+------------+-------------+------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
3. In addition to the above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures
having a length of 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 equalisation 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 | |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Design Km 248+800 (Existing | 0.063^ | 0.63 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Km 249+670) of NH-765 Jammi | | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| Dornala Village of Dornala Mandal | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| in Prakasam District of Andhra | | | |
| Pradesh | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
^ The details of structure (>60 m) having two lane with paved shoulder are as under:-
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------------+
| S.No. | Design Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) |
| +-------------+----------------------------+ | |
| | From Km. | To Km | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+----------------------------+--------------------+---------------------+
| 1 | 254.450 | 254.510 | Major Bridge (2L+PS)| 0.063 |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------+----------------------------+--------------------+---------------------+
4. 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 and Fifty
only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision 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-way | Two | Twenty-Four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment. |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Two-thirds of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from the date of |
| fifty single journeys | | payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicles (excluding vehicles flying 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 the 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 rules 12 of the said Rules.
10. 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
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.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 177.02 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 realised.
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/8/2022-AP/Zone-III/E-213680]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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