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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-26072025-264981
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3371]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025/SHRAVANA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th July, 2025
S.O. 3448(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3032(E) dated 22nd June, 2018 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of
India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No. 709AD (The highway
starting from its junction with NH-709 near Panipat in the state of Haryana connecting to Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bhopa,
Bijnor and terminating at its junction with NH-734 near Nagina in the state of Uttar Pradesh) 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"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the sixty percent of the rate specified in
column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 17.500 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having
length more than 60m) of 8.69 Km (having total length of 0.869 Km, Table-4 and at ninety per cent of the base
rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for bypasses having length of 3.251 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or
more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of two lane with paved shoulders
of Muzaffarnagar – Miranpur Section from design km 153+660 to design km 175+280 (existing km 0+000 to km
24+780) of NH-709AD in the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorises the Authority 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 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) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | 3.45 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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 namely:
Table -2
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which Fee is payable |
+==============================================================================================+====================================================================+========================================================================================================+
| At Chainage 167+200 of NH- | 17.500 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| 709AD near village-Dehri in | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10Cr.) | shoulders, of the base rates |
| District-Bijnor of State (Uttar | and length of structures (>60m) | mentioned in Table -1 above |
| Pradesh) | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 (chainage) | Name of the Bypass| Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of Bypass for which additional fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
+================================================+===================+============+============+=====================================================================+================================================================================================================+
| At Chainage 167+200 of NH-709AD near village-Bijnor Dehri in District-Bijnor of State (Uttar Pradesh) | Bypass | Design Ch. 153+660 | Design Ch.156+990 | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) |
| | | | | 3.251 | 21.38 | 90% for two lane with paved shoulders of the base rates mentioned in Table-I above |
+------------------------------------------------+-------------------+------------+------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 60 m at the following Fee plaza, by converting the length of structures into an equipment length
of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10 :-
Table -4
+------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent Road Length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
+================================================+=========================================================================+===================================+========================================================================================================+
| At Chainage 167+200 of NH-709AD near village-Dehri in District-Bijnor of State (Uttar Pradesh) | 0.869^ | 8.69 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table-I above |
+------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The Details of structures (>60m) are as under:
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| SI No. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km.) |
+========+============+============+===================+=================+
| | From Km. | To Km. | | |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 1 | 154+331 | 154+410 | ROB | 0.079 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 164+045 | 164+115 | Major Bridge | 0.070 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | 173+750 | 174+200 | | 0.450 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 174+200 | 174+390 | Flyover | 0.190 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | 174+390 | 174+470 | | 0.080 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | | | Total | 0.869 |
+--------+------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
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.350.00 (Rupees Three Hundred Fifty only)
for the year 2025-26 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 journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+===================================================+==========================================+=============================+
| One and half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of payment |
+---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fees payable for fifty single journeys | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
+---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicles (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 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 overloaded vehicle on the National Highway to
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, namely: -
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Percentage of excess load over Maximum Permissible Gross Vehicular Weight | Multiplying Factor to the base rate | Fees |
+========================================================================+===================================+===================================================================================================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such category of mechanical vehicle under sub-rule (2) of rule 4) x (Multiplying factor)] |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >60% to 80% | Eight | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >80% and above | Ten | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 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 newspaper in English and vernacular language.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 300.59 Crs. The Capital cost of the project 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 realized.
[F. No. CODIV-13017/1/2024-PIU Meerut/E-249360]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secry
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Date: 2025.07.26 11:48:44+05'30'