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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28022025-261333
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 975]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025/PHALGUNA 8, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th February, 2025
S.O. 983(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 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 rate specified in column (2)
of the Table 1 for net road section length of 25.839 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having length
more than 60m) of 0.268 km [Table-4] (having length of 2.680 km) and at one and one half times the base rate for
bypasses having length of 10.050 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in
column (1) of the Table 1 below, for four or more lane of Muzaffarnagar – Miranpur Section from design km 97.450
to design km 123.450 (existing km 5.085 to km 30.610) and Spur of Muzaffarnagar connecting NH-709AD and NH-
334 bypassing Muzaffarnagar town from design km 0.000 to design km 10.157 (existing km 72.600 to km 113.450) in
the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor,
the said fee, as under:-
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 | 1.05 |
| Bus | |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.2 |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Three-Axle commercial vehicles | 2.4 |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| 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) | 4.2 |
+------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
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 | Rate at which Fee is payable |
| | is payable | |
+=================================================================================================================+==================================================================================================================================+===================================================+
| At Design Chainage 122.000 on NH- | 25.839 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base |
| 709AD near village Mujhera, PO - | [Excluding length of Bypass | rates mentioned in Table -1 above |
| Miranpur, District Muzaffarnagar of State | (>10Cr.) and length of structures | |
| of Uttar Pradesh | (>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 Plaza | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which |
| (chainage) | | | | Bypass for which | fee is payable |
| | | | | additional fee is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | | Length | Cost (in |
| | | | | (in Km.) | Rs. |
| | | | | | Crore) |
+==================================================================================================+===================================+==================================+==================================+================================================-----+===================================+
| At Design Chainage | | Design Ch. | Design Ch. | | 150% for four |
| 122.000 on NH- | | 0.000 | 10.157 | | or more lane, |
| 709AD near village | Muzaffarnagar City | (existing Ch. | (existing Ch. | | of the base |
| Mujhera, PO - | Bypass on NH-709AD | 72.600) | 113.450) | 10.050 | 164.77 | rates |
| Miranpur, District | | | | | mentioned in |
| Muzaffarnagar of State | | | | | Table-I above |
| of Uttar Pradesh | | | | | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Total | | | | 10.050 | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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, at the base rate mentioned in
Table 1 above :-
Table -4
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures* (in | Equivalent Road Length | Rate at which fee is |
| (chianage) | km) to be converted into | (in km) | payable |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+=================================================+=======================================================================+==========================================+=============================+
| At Design Chainage 122.000 | | | 100% for four or more |
| on NH-709AD near village | 0.268^ | 2.68 | lane, of the base rates |
| Mujhera, PO Miranpur, | | | mentioned in Table-I |
| District Muzaffarnagar of | | | above |
| State of Uttar Pradesh | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
^The Details are as under:
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
| SI No. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in km.) |
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
| | From Km. | To Km. | | |
+=======+===========+=========+====================+=================+
| 1 | 6.886 | 6.993 | Major Bridge | 0.107 |
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 108.066 | 108.137 | Major Bridge | 0.071 |
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 120.605 | 120.695 | Major Bridge | 0.090 |
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
| | | | Total | 0.268 |
+-------+-----------+---------+--------------------+-----------------+
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 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 | Two | Twenty four hours the time |
| way journey | | of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fees | Fifty | One month from date of |
| payable for fifty single journeys | | 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.
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 National
Highway 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 Rs. 1298.53 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 realised.
[F. No. NHAI/PIU-MRT/Muzaffarnagar-Miranpur/package-III/NH-709AD/fee-notification/E-244631]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.