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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28022025-261339
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 976] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025/PHALGUNA 8, 1946
[F. No. NHAI/PIU-HARDA/Toll information/user fees/E-226642]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th February, 2025
S.O. 984(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3140 (E) dated 08th July of 2022, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways
Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from km 1/6 to km 276.8
of Indore - Betul Section of New NH-47 (NH-59A) in the state of Madhya 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 Highway Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein
referred to as the "rules"), and in supersession to Notification published vide S.O. 39(E) dated 01.01.2024, the
Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length
of 97.944 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 12.21 km (having
length of 1.221 km, Table-4) for the use of four or more lane section and one and half times the base rates for
bypasses having length of 22.483 km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in
column (1) of the Table 1 below for four or more lane of Harda – Betul section from design kilometer (-) 0.400 to
121.248 of National Highway number 47 in the State of Madhya Pradesh and authorizes the Authority to collect,
either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:-
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 | 3.45 |
| Equipment (EME) 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, namely:
Table-2
+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | payable | |
+================================================================+=================================================================================================================================+==========================================================+
| At Km 20.270 (Design | 42.195 Km. [Excluding length of Bypass | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at near | (costing>10 Cr.) and length of structures | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Baharagaon Village, in Harda | (>60m)] | above |
| District of Madhya Pradesh | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 101.800 (Design | 55.749 Km. [Excluding length of Bypass | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at near | (costing>10 Cr.) and length of structures | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Gadha Village, in Betul District | (>60m)] | above |
| of Madhya Pradesh | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Total | 97.944 | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall 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: -
Table-3
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Name of | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost of | Cost | Rate at which fee |
| (Chainage) | the | Off | at | additional for which | (in Rs. | is payable |
| | Bypass | | | bypass | Crore) | |
| | | | | fee is | | |
| | | | | Length | | |
| | | | | (in Km.) | | |
+================================================================+================+============+============+===================================================+=================+==========================================================+
| At Km 20.270 (Design | Harda | Design | Design | | | 150% for four or |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at | Bypass of | Km | Km | 18.283* | 285.00 | more lane, of the |
| near Baharagaon Village, | NH-47 | 0.000 | 18.350 | | | base rates |
| in Harda District of | | | | | | mentioned in |
| Madhya Pradesh | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 101.800 (Design | Chicholi | Design | Design | | | 150% for four or |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at | Bypass of | Km | Km | 4.200 | 45 | more lane, of the |
| near Gadha Village, in | NH-47 | 86.300 | 90.500 | | | base rates |
| Betul District of Madhya | | | | | | mentioned in |
| Pradesh | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Total Length | | | | 22.483 | | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
*length of bypass excluding structure having length >60 meter.
3. In addition to above, the following fee shall 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 an equalization factor of 10:-
Table-4
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | From km | To km | Type of Structure | Length (in km)|
| (Chainage) | | | | |
+==================================+===========+===========+====================+===============+
| At Km 20.270 (Design | 6.952 | 7.019 | ROB | 0.067 |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at | 31.460 | 31.560 | 2 Lane AOP | 0.050* |
| near Baharagaon Village, | 33.860 | 34.160 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.255 |
| in Harda District of | 41.650 | 41.750 | 4 Lane AUP | 0.100 |
| Madhya Pradesh. | 59.200 | 59.500 | 4 Lane AUP | 0.300 |
| | 59.813 | 59.888 | 4 Lane AUP | 0.075 |
| | 60.813 | 60.888 | 4 Lane AUP | 0.075 |
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
| Total | | | | 0.922 |
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
| At Km 101.800 (Design | 83.011 | 83.145 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.134 |
| Chainage) of NH-47 at | 112.668 | 112.833 | 4 Lane MJB | 0.165 |
| near Gadha Village, in | | | | |
| Betul District of Madhya | | | | |
| Pradesh | | | | |
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
| Total | | | | 0.299 |
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
| Total | | | | 1.221 |
+----------------------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+
* 50% of total 2-lane structure length has been considered for 4-lane structure length.
4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purposes and
resides within a distance to 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 provision 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 one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of |
| one way journey | | payment. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for 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 prescribed 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 rules 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 2378.03 Cr. 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-HARDA/Toll information/user fees/E-226642]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.