Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21032026-271119 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1369] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026/PHALGUNA 28, 1947 2002 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th March, 2026 S.O. 1434(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.3689 (E) dated the 09.12.2016 issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of the new National Highway No. 731A situated within the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh. 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”), the Central Government hereby levies the fee for net road section length of 35.00 km at sixty percent of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for the use of 2 lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Mohanganj to Autarpur section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 35.000 of National Highway number 731A in the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:- Table - 1 +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Types 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 vehicles | 2.40 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth | 3.45 | | Moving 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 Toll Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s), namely: - Table -2 +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable | | | which fee is payable | | +=====================================================+=======================================================+=====================================================+ | At Km 10.715 of NH 731A, between | 35.00 km | 60% for 2 lane with paved | | Naubasta and Redi village in | | shoulder of the base rates | | Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 2. 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 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: Table-3 +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +=====================================================+=======================================================+=====================================================+ | One and half times of the fee | Two | Twenty four hours from the time | | for one way journey | | of payment | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fees | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | payable for fifty single | | | | journeys | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 4. Fee for commercial vehicles (excluding vehicles plying under National permits) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the specified rates for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternate road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 5. 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 Highways to toll collecting agency, equal to the fees 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 section. 6. 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. 7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 8. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table-1, the actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discount will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of the completed portion of the length of the project highway 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. 9. The estimate capital cost of the project is Rs. 264.86 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting etc. is yet to be completed]. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized. [F. No. CE-RO/LKO/731A-UP-2020-21-590 (Toll Notification) E- 259896] 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.