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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-17012025-260283
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 291]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025/PAUSHA 25, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th January, 2025
S.O. 293(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1096 (E) dated the 4th August,2005 issued under
section under section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central
Government has entrusted the National Highway number 224 (New NH no. 57) in the State
of Odisha to the State Government of Odisha.
Now, therefore, in exercise of 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 said
“rules”), the Central Government, hereby levies the fee at 60% of the base rate specified
in column (2) of the Table -1 for net road section of 88.029 km (Table-2) and for
equivalent structure length (having more than 60m ) of 4.59 km (having length of 0.459
km. [Table-3]) on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of table -1 below for use of 2
lane with paved shoulders of Balangir-Khurda section from design chainage from Km
50/000 to 140/900 (Existing Km 50.00 to Km 140.900) on the National Highway No. 224/
New National Highway No. 57 in the state of Odisha and authorises National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) to collect, either through its officials or through 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 | 1.05 |
| Mini Bus | |
+------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two axles) | 2.20 |
+------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicle | 2.40 |
+------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Heavy construction machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving | 3.45 |
| Equipment (EMEO) 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
following Toll Plaza for the net road length Specified for such Toll Plaza, namely: -
Table -2
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length (in Km) for which | Rate at which fee is |
| (Design Chainage) | fee is payable | payable |
+=====================================+================================+=============================+
| At km 117.400 near Village | 88.029 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Nuapada in Boudh district in | | shoulders, of the base rates|
| State of Odisha. | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+
2. 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-3
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee |
| (chainage) | km) to be converted | (in km) | is payable |
| | into equivalent road | | |
| | length | | |
+=====================================+===================================+====================+=============================+
| At km 117.400 near | 0.459^ | 4.590 | 60% for two lane |
| Village Nuapada in | | | with paved |
| Boudh district in State | | | shoulders, of the |
| of Odisha. | | | base rates |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
^The details of structures (>60m) are as under:
Chainage
+-------+----------+--------+-----------------+----------------+
| Sr. no.| From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
+=======+==========+========+-----------------+================+
| 1 | 57.160 | 57.279 | Major Bridge | 0.119 |
+-------+----------+--------+-----------------+----------------+
| 2 | 66.706 | 66.843 | Major Bridge | 0.137 |
+-------+----------+--------+-----------------+----------------+
| 3 | 90.838 | 91.041 | Major Bridge | 0.203 |
+-------+----------+--------+-----------------+----------------+
| Total | | | | 0.459 |
+-------+----------+--------+-----------------+----------------+
3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns mechanical vehicle registered for
non-commercial purpose and resides within a distance of twenty kilometres from the Toll
Plaza is Rs. 340.00 (Rupees: Three hundred Forty Only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject
to revision every year as per the provisions of said rules.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following
rates, namely :
Table-4
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one- | Period of validity |
| | way journeys allowed | |
+===================================+===============================+===========================+
| One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the|
| One way Journey | | time |
| | | of Payments |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of |
| Payable for fifty single journeys | | payment |
+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------+
5. 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.
6. 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 toll 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.
7. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicle, its permissible load,
category of exempted vehicle, service road, alternative road etc. shall be as per
definitions specified in the said rules.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule
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 vehicle 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.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is 255.212 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. RO/BBSR/11011/57/ORS/16-17/586/SMBP/24/392/2016-TOLLNOTIFICATION /E-237200]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.