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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18102025-267021
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4573]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2025/ASVINA 24, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th October, 2025
S.O. 4702(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways Number S. O 239(E), dated 24th March 1998 and S.O. 78(E), dated 4th February 1999 issued under Section
11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the
stretches (Km 0.00 – Km 3.40, Km 3.40 – Km 75.00 (Vijayawada - Eluru section), Km 354.775 – Km 434.150
(Chilakaluripet-Vijayawada section) of National Highway Number-5 (New NH-16) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, 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 Highway Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (herein after
referred to as the said "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the
Table 1 for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 10.390 km (having length of 1.039 km
[Table-3]) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 28.961 km [Table-2] costing rupees
ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of four or more lane of
Vijayawada Bypass from Chinna Auvutupalli to Gollapudi (from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 30.000) section
of National Highway number 16 in the State of Andhra Pradesh 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 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: -
Table-2
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 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 | |
| | | | | Cost | |
| | | | | Length (in | (in Rs. |
| | | | | Km.) | Crore) |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 13+040 (Design | Vijayawada | Design | Design | 28.961 | 987.08 | 150% for four or |
| Chainage) of NH-16 near | Bypass | Km | Km 30.000 | | | more lane, of the base |
| Vedurupavuluru Village, in | | 0.000 | | | | rates mentioned in |
| Krishna District of Andhra | | | | | | Table-1 above |
| Pradesh | | | | | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Total Length | | | | 28.961 | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures having
length 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-3
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of Structures^ | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | (in km) to be converted into | length | |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 13+040 (Design Chainage) of | 1.039^ | 10.390 | 100% for four or more lane, |
| NH-16 near Vedurupavuluru Village, | | | of the base rates mentioned |
| in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh | | | in Table-1 above |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under:-
+------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Sl. No. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| 1 | 1.821 | 2.067 | Road Over Bridge (ROB) @ km. 1.944 | 0.246 |
| 2 | 4.538 | 4.599 | Major Bridge (MJB) @ km. 4.569 | 0.061 |
| 3 | 23.440 | 23.530 | Major Bridge (MJB) @ km. 23.485 | 0.090 |
| 4 | 26.439 | 26.549 | Major Bridge (MJB) @ km. 26.494 | 0.110 |
| 5 | 26.960 | 27.492 | Road Over Bridge (ROB) @ km. 27.226 | 0.532 |
+------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Total | | | | 1.039 |
+------------+---------+---------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
3. 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 fifty only)
for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the 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 way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| One and half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| | | of payment. |
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys | Fifty | One month from date of 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 prescribed 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
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.
7. 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.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules.
9. 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 each in English and vernacular language.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 1581.24 Cr. 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. 11088/C-G(VBP)/TollNotification/PIU-VIJ/NHAI/E-238730]
CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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