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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19112024-258749
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4575]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024/KARTIKA 28, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th November, 2024
S.O. 4963(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.2407 (E) dated the 27th 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 Km 0+000 to
Km. 179+555 (Viluppuram – Puducherry - Poondiyankuppam – Sattanathapuram – Nagapattinam Section) of
National Highway 45A (New NH 332 & NH32) in the State of Tamilnadu 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 Highways Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter
referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in
column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 37.240 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length
(having length more than 60 m) of 21.848 Km (having length of 2.1848 km, Table-4) and at one and half times the
base rate for bypasses having length of 17.375 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 Poondiyankuppam to Sattanathapuram
Section from design kilometer 67.000 to kilometer 123.800 of National Highway number 45A (New NH 32) in the
State of Tamil Nadu and authorize the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said
fee, as under:-
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 | 1.05 |
| Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM)| 3.45 |
| of Earth Moving Equipment (EME) | |
| or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) | |
| (four to six axles) | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more | 4.20 |
| axles) | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
1. The fee to be levied and collected here under shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s), namely:-
TABLE-2
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | payable | |
+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| At Km 81+000 of NH-45A | 37. 240 Km | 100% for four or more lane, of |
| (New NH-32) Kothatai village | | the base rate mentioned in |
| in State of Tamil Nadu | (Excluding length of Bypass | Table-labove |
| | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of | |
| | structures (>60m) | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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 | Name of The Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at| Length and Cost of | Rate at which |
| (Chainage) | | | | bypass for which | fee is payable |
| | | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+
| | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | |
+===================================+===================================+============+===========+=================+=================+===================================+
| At Km 81+000 of NH-45A | B.Mutlur bypass | Design | Design Km | 1.98 | 101.20 | 150% for four or |
| (New NH-32) Kothatai village | | Km 85.270 | 87.250 | | | more lane, of |
| in State of Tamil Nadu | | | | | | the base rate |
| | | | | | | mentioned in |
| | Chidambaram link bypass | Design | Design Km | 2.59 | 119.10 | Table-labove |
| | | Km 91.530 | 94.300 | | | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+
| Kollidam Bypass | Design | Design Km | 9.905 | 507.91 | |
| | Km 102.510 | 113.640 | | | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+
| Sattanathapuram Bypass | Design | Design Km | 2.90 | 152.59 | |
| | Km 120.350 | 123.250 | | | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+
| Total (4 Lane) | | | 17.375 | 880.80 | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+
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 equalization factor of 10: -
TABLE-4
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | to be converted into | (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+===================================+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| At Km 81+000 of NH-45A | 0.0961 | 0.961 | 100% for four or |
| (New NH-32) Kothatai village |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| more lane, of the base |
| in State of Tamil Nadu | 0.075 | 0.750 | rate mentioned in |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Table-labove |
| | 0.072 | 0.720 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.090 | 0.900 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.309 | 3.090 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.180 | 1.800 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.245 | 2.450 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.980 | 9.800 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.0612 | 0.612 | |
| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |
| | 0.0765 | 0.765 | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Total | 2.1848 | 21.848 | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
The details are as under: -
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| Sl. No.| Chainage (Km) | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
| +----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| | From | To | | |
+========+================+================+==========================+=================+
| 1 | 68+099 | 68+195 | ROB | 0.0961 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 71+876 | 71+951 | Major Bridge | 0.075 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 75+113 | 75+185 | Major Bridge | 0.072 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 4 | 78+905 | 78+995 | Fly Over | 0.090 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 5 | 87+685 | 87+994 | Major Bridge | 0.309 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 6 | 91+544 | 91+724 | Major Bridge cum FlyOver | 0.180 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 7 | 102+534 | 102+779 | Major Bridge cum FlyOver | 0.245 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 8 | 105+422 | 106+402 | Major Bridge | 0.980 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 9 | 118+842 | 118+904 | ROB | 0.0612 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| 10 | 119+172 | 119+248 | Major Bridge | 0.0765 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
| TOTAL | | | | 2.1848 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------+-----------------+
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.340/- (Rupees Three Hundred Forty Only)
for the year 2024-25, 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
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+===================================+===================================+===================================+
| One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| one way journey | | of payment. |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for fifty single journey | | |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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-rulelA of rule10 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, and category of exempted vehicles,
service road, alternative road, and 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 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 2712.74 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. 11013/NH-45A/02/Vol-10/2024/PIU-PDY/177/E-238566]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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