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Levies fees for using a specified section of National Highway-216 in Andhra Pradesh and authorizes the National Highways Authority of India to collect these fees.

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The notification, issued by the Central Government, pertains to the levy of fees on National Highway-216 (Old NH-214) in Andhra Pradesh, specifically for the section from Kathipudi to Gurajanapalli. It is issued under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 and Rule 3 of the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, superseding notification S.O. 4125(E) dated 15.11.2019. The fee is applicable to a net road section length of 17.627 km and equivalent structure length of 2.330 km. Rates are based on vehicle type as per Table 1, with base rates from 2007-08, and are 100%, 150%, 90%, or 60% of these base rates depending on road type (four-lane, bypass, etc.) as detailed in Tables 2, 3, and 4. Fee plazas are located at Km/Ch 13.550 near Gollaprolu village. Monthly passes for non-commercial vehicles within 20km are set at Rs. 340 for 2024-25. Multi-journey passes are also available. Commercial vehicles registered locally may receive a 50% fee reduction under specific conditions. Overloaded vehicles are subject to additional charges. Fee rates are subject to annual revision. The project's estimated capital cost is Rs. 1070.45 crore.

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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. 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.

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