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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-16102025-266965
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4555]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2025/ASVINA 23, 1947
6893 GI/2025
(1)
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th October, 2025
S.O. 4684(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 2365 (E), dated 23rd May, 2022, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority
of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Existing Km. 41.900 to Km.
93.000 (Mehgama-Hansdiha section) of National Highway number 133 in the state of Jharkhand to the National
Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority");
And whereas, 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 Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008
(hereinafter referred to as the "said rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the base rate specified in
column (2) in Table 1 for net road section length of 29.108 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having
length more than 60m) of 7.12 km (having length of 0.712 km [Table-4]) and at one and half times the base rate for
bypasses having length of 22.005 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 four or more lane of Mehgama-Hansdiha section of NH-133 from existing
kilometer 41+900 to kilometer 93+000 (Design km 00+000 to km 51+825) of National Highway number 133 in the
State of Jharkhand 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 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 |
| (Chainage) | payable | payable |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| At Km/Ch. 36+555 to Km/Ch. 36+820 (Yogini Mata | 29.108 | 100% for four or more |
| Toll Plaza) (Design Chainage) of NH-133 near | [Excluding length of bypass (costing| lane, of the base rates |
| Sugabthan Village in Godda District of Jharkhand | rupees ≥ 10 Cr.) and length of structures| mentioned in Table-1 |
| | (>60 meter)] | above |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall 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 | Name of the | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | Bypass | Off | at | of bypass for which | payable |
| | | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | Length | Cost (in |
| | | | | (in Km.) | Rs. Crore) |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| | Pathargama | Design | Design | 3.360 | 74.67 | |
| | Bypass of NH- | Km | Km | | | |
| | 133 | 04+300 | 07+660 | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km/Ch. 36+555 to Km/Ch. | Godda Bypass of | Design | Design | 14.236 | 316.36 | 150% for four or |
| 36+820 (Yogini Mata Toll | NH-133 | Km | Km | | | more lane, of the |
| Plaza) (Design Chainage) of | (Excluding MJB | 11+440 | 26+060 | | | base rates |
| NH-133 near Sugabthan Village | length of 0.096m | | | | | mentioned in |
| in Godda District of Jharkhand | + 0.288m = | | | | | Table-1 above |
| | 0.384m) | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| | Poraiyahat | Design | Design | 4.409 | 97.98 | |
| | Bypass of NH- | Km | Km | | | |
| | 133 | 38+045 | 42+550 | | | |
| | (Excluding MJB | | | | | |
| | length of 0.096m) | | | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Total | | | | 22.005 | 489.010 | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
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
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of Structure (in | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is |
| | km) to be converted into | road length | payable |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------+
| At Km/Ch. 36+555 to Km/Ch. 36+820 (Yogini Mata Toll Plaza) (Design Chainage) of NH-133 near Sugabthan Village in Godda District of Jharkhand | 0.712^ | 7.120 | 100% for four or more |
| | | | lane, of the base rates |
| | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | | above |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------+----------------------------------+
^Details are as under:-
Design Chainage
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| S.No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 1 | 03+090 | 03+250 | MJB | 0.160 |
| 2 | 32+594 | 32+666 | MJB | 0.072 |
| 3 | 15+052 | 15+148 | MJB | 0.096 |
| 4 | 18+206 | 18+494 | MJB | 0.288 |
| 5 | 40+712 | 40+808 | MJB | 0.096 |
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | Total | | | 0.712 |
+-------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+
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/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Fifty)
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 |
| journey | | time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of |
| fifty single journeys | | payment |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
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. 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 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 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 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 542.925 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 Authority shall maintain a
record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. CODIV-13032/2/2025-PIU Deogarh/E-254896]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.