Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20082026-275617 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4405] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026/SHRAVAN 28, 1948 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAY'S NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th August, 2026 S.O. 4585(E).— Whereas, by notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.1192 (E), dated the 3rd December,2001 and in the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 465(E), dated the 26th April, 2002, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretches from Km 163.400 to 207.600, Km 248.165 to Km 259.300 and Km 207.600 to Km 248.168 (Bangalore - Salem – Madurai and Namakkal Bypass section of national highway No.7 Old (New NH-44) in the State of Tamil Nadu 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 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the “rules”), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.1178 (E) dated 08.05.2009, the Central Government, hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 62.567 kms [Table 2] and for equivalent structure length (having more than 60m) of 5.830 Km (having length of 0.583 Km [Table 4]) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 5.475 kms [Table 3] costing rupees 10 cr or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four lane of Thumbipadi to Namakkal section from Km 180.000 to Km 248.625 of new National Highway no.44 in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorise the Authority to collect toll fee either through its officials or through an agency, 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 | 1.05 | | Vehicle or Mini Bus | | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Bus or Truck (Two axles) | 2.20 | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or | 3.45 | | Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or Multi | | | Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Over Sized 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(s) namely; Table-2 +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length in km for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +=========================================+=================================================+==========================================+ | At Km 191+800 at Kottagoundampatty | 62.567 kms | 100% for four or more lane, of | | (Omalur) Village of Salem District in | | the base rates mentioned in | | the state of Tamil Nadu | [Excluding length of bypasses (costing | Table-1 above. | | | ≥Rs. 10 cr.) and structures length(>60 | | | | m)] | | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ 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 | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass | Rate at | | | Plaza (Chainage) | Bypass | | | for which additional fee | which fee | | | | | | | is payable (Excluding | is payable | | | | | | | length of structure > | | | | | | | | 60m length) | | | | | | | | Length (In Km) | Cost (In crore) | | +==========================================+===========================+============+============+===========================+===========================+===========================+ | | Mallur Bypass | 215+900 | 218+050 | 2.15 | > 10 Cr. | 150% for | | At Km 191+800 at | Pudhuchathiram | 234+600 | 236+100 | 1.50 | > 10 Cr. | four or | | Kottagoundampatty | Bypass | | | | | more lane, | | (Omalur) Village of | Chellapanpatti | 242+350 | 244+175 | 1.825 | > 10 Cr. | of the base | | Salem District in the | Bypass | | | | | rates | | state of Tamil Nadu | | | | | | mentioned | | | | | | | | in Table-1 | | | | | | | | above | +------------------------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+ | Total length | | | | 5.475 | | | +------------------------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+ 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) to be converted | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | into equivalent road length | (in km) | | +==========================================+================================================+======================================+==========================================+ | At Km 191+800 at Kottagoundampatty | 0.583^ | 5.83 | 100% for four or more | | (Omalur) Village of Salem District in | | | lane, of the base rate | | the state of Tamil Nadu | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: - +-------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------+ | Sl. No. | Chainage (Km) | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | | +----------+----------+ (4 Lane) | | | | From | To | | | +=======+==========+==========+=====================+===================================+ | 1 | 194.403 | 194.465 | ROB | 0.062 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 2 | 201.769 | 201.931 | ROB | 0.161 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 3 | 220.805 | 220.895 | ROB | 0.090 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 4 | 207.540 | 207.660 | Flyover | 0.120 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 5 | 228.025 | 228.100 | Flyover | 0.075 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 6 | 188.813 | 188.888 | Flyover | 0.075 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Total | | | | 0.583 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ 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 toll plaza is Rs.360./- (Rupees Three Hundred and Sixty Only) for the FY 2026-27 which is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 5. For multiple journey on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates namely: Table 5 +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way journeys allowed | Period of validity | +=================================================+=============================================+=======================================+ | One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of | | journey | | payment | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | fifty single journeys | | | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ 6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza shall be 50% of the specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternate 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 over loaded vehicle on the National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in rule 10 of the said rules. 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 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 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 newspapers in English and vernacular language. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project length is Rupees 582.06 Crores. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. PROJ-16017(41)/6/2026-PIU Salem/ E-269847] CHETNA NAND SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.