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The Central Government levies fees on mechanical vehicles for using the Gohana to Sonepat section of National Highway No. 352A in Haryana and authorizes the National Highways Authority of India to collect these fees.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through S.O. 2870(E) dated 25th June, 2025, has levied fees on mechanical vehicles for the Gohana to Sonepat section (design kilometer 40.601 to 78.837) of National Highway No. 352A in Haryana. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred by Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with Rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008. The notification references a prior entrustment of National Highway No. 352A (from Km. 0.000 to Km. 85.900 of Jind-Gohana-Sonepat) to the National Highways Authority of India via S.O. 1457(E) dated 09th May, 2017, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988). The National Highways Authority of India is authorized to collect these fees. The fee structure includes base rates (e.g., Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle: Rs. 0.65 per km; Bus or Truck (Two Axles): Rs. 2.20 per km) for a net road section length of 32.226 km, payable at 100% of base rates. Additionally, a 150% rate applies for the use of bypasses costing Rs. 10 crore or more, specifically the Sonipat Bypass (4.919 km, costing Rs. 58.614 crore). For structures over 60m in length, an equivalent road length of 10.910 km (from 1.091 km actual length) is charged at 100% of base rates. All fees are due and payable at the Fee Plaza at Km 58.035 near village Mohana in Sonipat District. A monthly pass for non-commercial vehicles residing within 20 kilometers of the fee plaza is Rs. 350.00 for the year 2025-26, subject to annual revision. Provisions are also made for multiple journeys and a 50% discount for commercial vehicles registered in the district if no service or alternative road is available. Overloaded vehicles are liable to pay a fee as specified in sub-rule 1A of Rule 10 of the said rules. Fee rates will be displayed in accordance with Rule 12 and revised annually by the Authority per Rule 5, with publication in English and vernacular newspapers. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 1957.44 crore.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27062025-264196 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025/ASHADHA 5, 1947 No. 2804] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th June, 2025 S.O. 2870(E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways S.O. 1457 (E), dated 09th May, 2017, 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. 352A from Km. 0.000 to Km. 85.900 of Jind- Gohana- Sonepat in the state of Haryana 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 Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 32.226 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 10.910 Km (having length of 1.091 Km, Table-4) for the use of four and more lane section and one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 4.919 Km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Gohana to Sonepat section from design kilometer 40.601 to kilometer 78.837 of National Highway number 352A in the State of Haryana and authorises the Authority 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 | 1.05 | | Vehicle or Mini Bus | | | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving | 3.45 | | Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | | | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1. The fee 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 | Length (in km.) for | Rate at which fee is payable | | Plaza (chainage) | which Fee is payable | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | At km 58.035, | 32.226 km | 100% for four or more lane, of | | of NH-352A near village Mohana in | [excluding length | the base rates mentioned in | | Sonipat District of Haryana. | of Bypass (costing > 10 Cr.) and | Table - 1 above. | | | length of structures (>60m)] | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass (es) costing Rs. 10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee plaza:- Table-3 +------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------+------------------+ | Location of Fee | Name of the | Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate | | Plaza (chainage) | Bypass | Off | | bypass for which additional fee which fee is | | | | | | | is payable | payable | +------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------+------------------+ | | | | | Length | Cost | | | | | | | (in Km.) | (in Rs. Crore) | | +------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+------------------+ | At km | Sonipat | 68.398 | 73.630 | 4.919 | 58.614 | 150% for four | | 58.035, | | | | | | or more lane, of | | of NH-352A | | | | | | the base rates | | near village | | | | | | mentioned in | | Mohana in | | | | | | Table - 1 | | Sonipat District | | | | | | above. | | of Haryana. | | | | | | | +------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+------------------+ | Net length of bypasses [excluding | | | | 4.919 | 58.614 | | | structure length(>60m)] | | | | | | | +------------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------------------+------------------+ 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, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by and equalization factor of 10:- Table-4 +-----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is | | (chainage) | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | payable | | | equivalent road length | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | At km 58.035, | | | 100% for four or | | of NH-352A near village | 1.091^ | 10.910 | more lane, of the base | | Mohana in Sonipat District of | | | rates | | Haryana. | | | mentioned in Table - 1 | | | | | above. | +-----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under:- +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ | S.No. | From Km | To Km | Type of | Length (in Km) | | | Chainage | | Structure | | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ | 1 | 45.941 | 46.114 | Flyover | 0.174 | | 2 | 67.350 | 67.697 | Viaduct | 0.347 | | 3 | 67.727 | 67.869 | Viaduct | 0.142 | | 4 | 68.322 | 68.398 | Flyover | 0.077 | | 5 | 69.886 | 70.011 | ROB | 0.124 | | 6 | 73.093 | 73.244 | ROB | 0.151 | | 7 | 73.592 | 73.668 | VUP | 0.076 | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ | Total | | | | 1.091 | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+ 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(Three Hundred and 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 | Period of validity | | | way journeys allowed | | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from the | | one way journey | | time of payment | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of | | payable for fifty single journeys | | Payment | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 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 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.1957.44 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized. [F. No. NHAI/PIU-SNP/NH352A(PKGII)TollFeeNotication/2023/E-236369] 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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