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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24032025-261922
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1347]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025/ CHAITRA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21st March, 2025
S.O. 1365(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways S. O. 2530 (E) dated the 17th September, 2015 issued under Section 5 of National Highways Act, 1958 (48
of 1958), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway-216 (Old NH-214) from Digamarru to
Kathipudi in the State of Andhra Pradesh to the State Government of Andhra 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") and in suppression to notification S.O. 4125(E), Dated 15.11.2019, the Central
Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of
17.627 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having more than 60m) of 2.330Km (having total length of
0.233Km, Table-4) and at one hundred and fifty percent of the base rate for bypass havin-g length of 9.640 Km
(Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more, for four lane section and at ninety percent of the base rate for bypass
having length of 18.836 Km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more and at sixty percent of the base rate for
equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 3.890 km (having length of 0.389 km, Table-4) for two
lane with paved shoulders, on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Kathipudi to
Gurajanapalli (end of Kakinada bypass) from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 46.725 (existing km 000.000 to km
41.161) of National Highway number 216 (old NH-214) in the State of Andhra 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
+-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 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 Equipment (EME) | 3.45 |
| 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 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 | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | payable | |
+===========================================================+==========================================================+==========================================================+
| At Km/Ch. 13.550 (design Km 15.000) of | 17.627 | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| NH-216 near Gollaprolu village in Kakinada | [Excluding length of bypass (>10 | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| district of State Andhra Pradesh | Cr.) and length of structures (> | above |
| | 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 | Name of the | Taking | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee is |
| Plaza (chainage) | Bypass | Off | bypass for which | payable |
| | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | payable | |
| | | | Length (in | Cost (in Rs. | |
| | | | Km.) | Crore) | |
+===========================================================+====================+====================+============+==========================================+==========================================================+
| At Km/Ch. 13.550 | Kathipudi Bypass of| Design km | 1.65 | 20.49 | 150% for four or more |
| (design Km | NH - 216 | 0.100 | | | lane, of the base rates |
| 15.000) of NH- | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| 216 near | | | | | above |
| Gollaprolu village | | | | | |
| in Kakinada | Chebrolu Bypass of | Design km | 3.910 | 31.80 | |
| district of State | NH - 216 | 4.520 | | | |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | | | |
| | Gollaprolu Bypass | Design km | 4.080 | 40.91 | |
| | of NH - 216 | 10.450 | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| | Kakinada Bypass of | Design km | 18.836 | 229 | 90% for two lane with |
| | NH - 216 | 27.500 | | | paved shoulder of the |
| | | | | | base rates mentioned in |
| | | | | | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Total Length (4L or more) | | | | 9.640 Km | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Total Length (2L+PS) | | | | 18.836 Km | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------------+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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 equalisation factor of 10: -
Table 4
+-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable) |
| (chainage) | km) to be converted into | road length | |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+===========================================================+==========================================================+==========================================================+==========================================================+
| At Km/Ch. 13.550 (design | 0.233^ | 2.330 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base |
| Km15.000) of NH-216 | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| near Gollaprolu village in | | | |
| Kakinada district of State | | | |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| | 0.389^ | 3.89 | 60% for two with paved shoulders, of the |
| | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
The details are as under: -
Chainage
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
| Sl.No.| From | To | Type of structure | Length (in Km)| Remark |
+=======+==========+==========+===========================+---------------+----------+
| 1 | 0.000 | 0.100 | Interchange at Kathipudi | 0.100 | 4-Lane |
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
| 2 | 21.017 | 21.150 | ROB | 0.133 | |
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
| 3 | 39.150 | 39.230 | Major bridge | 0.080 | |
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
| 4 | 34.693 | 34.897 | ROB | 0.204 | 2L+PS |
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
| 5 | 38.834 | 38.939 | ROB | 0.105 | |
+-------+----------+----------+---------------------------+---------------+----------+
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. 340.00 (Rupees Three
Hundred and 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 one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time |
| journey | | of 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 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-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.
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 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 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.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1070.45 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. MORTH/PIU/MPT/NHDP-IV/NH-216/Kakinadabypass/Tollnotification/ E-247473]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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