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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28032025-262037
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1479]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1497(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number SO No. 2530 (E) 17.09.2015 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India
Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrustedthe stretch from Chittoor to Karnataka Border of NH-4
(New NH-69) and from Chittoor to Tamil Nadu Border of New NH-40 in the State of Andhra Pradesh to the National
Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority");
And whereas, pursuant to the provision of Section 14 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988
(68 of 1988), the Authority has entered into an Agreement (hereinafter referred to as said agreement) with NHIT
Southern Projects Private Limited ("NSPPL"), and having its registered office at 325, 3rd Floor, D21 Corporate Park,
Sector 21. Dwarka, Dhulsiras, New Delhi, South West Delhi-110077. (hereinafter referred to as “Concessionaire") on
12.03.2025 for the Tolling, Operation, Maintenance and Transfer of TN/AP Border – Nalagampalli – AP/ Karnataka
Border section from km 134.890 to km 219.687 (Total Project length 84.797) of National Highway No. 04, in the state
of Andhra Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the said section).
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A 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 supersession of the Notification Number S.O. No. 4236 (E) dated
22.11.2019, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government,
having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance, management and operation of the said section
interest on the capital invested, reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of the agreement entered into
the Authority and the Concessionaire, hereby notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees on mechanical
vehicles for the use of the said section at the rates specified in columm (2) of Table -1 below for net road section
length 71.5498 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.572 km (having length of
0.1572 km) and one and one half times of the base rate for use of bypasses, costing rupees 10 crore or more, having
length of 13.090 km for four lane section on the type of vehicles specified in Column (1) of Table 1 and authorises the
said Concessionaire to collect and retain the fee on and from the Date of commercial operation or publication or
publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette, whichever is later, till the date of termination as specified in the
agreement;
Table1
+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 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 Minibus | 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 | 3.45 |
| (four to six axles) | |
| 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 following Toll Plaza for the net road
length specified for such Toll Plaza:-
Table-2
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which Fee is |
| (Existing Kilometer [Km]) | Payable | payable |
+=====================================================+=====================================+==============================+
| At km 164+100 Near | | 100% for four or more |
| Mahasamudram Village in | 71.5498 | lane, of the base rates |
| Chittoor District of NH-4 in | | mentioned in Table -1 |
| Andhra Pradesh | | above |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------+
2. In addition to the above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following bypass
costing more than Rs. 10 crores at the following locations:
Table -3
+--------------------------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Toll | Name of Bypass and | Taking Off | Merging | Length of | Cost of | Rate at |
| Plaza (Chainage) | Location | (in Km) | off | bypass | bypass | which name |
| | | | (in Km) | for which | (in Rs. | of fee is |
| | | | | fee is | Crore) | payable |
| | | | | payable | | |
| | | | | (in Km) | | |
+==========================+============================+=============+=============+============+============+================================+
| At km 164+100 | Bangarupalyam | 172.765 | 178.310 | 5.545 | 75.41 | 150% for four |
| Near | Bypass | | | | | or more lane, |
| Mahasamudram | Palamneru Bypass | 192.845 | 200.390 | 7.545 | 102.61 | of the base |
| Village in | | | | | | rates |
| Chittoor District of | | | | | | mentioned in |
| NH-4 in | | | | | | Table -1 |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | | | | above |
| Total (Km) | | | | 13.090 | 178.02 | 150% of the base |
| | | | | | | rates mentioned in Table -1 |
| | | | | | | 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(s), 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 Toll Plaza | Length of structure (in | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is |
| (Existing Kilometer | km) to be converted | (in km) | payable |
| [Km]) | into equivalent road | | |
| | length | | |
+=====================================================+=============================================+=====================================+==============================+
| At km 164+100 Near | | | 100% of the base rates |
| Mahasamudram Village in | 0.1572* | 1.572 | mentioned in Table -1 |
| Chittoor District of NH-4 in | | | above |
| Andhra Pradesh | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------+
*The details of structures (>60m length) are as under:-
+-------+-------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| S. No | Existing Kilometer (km) | Type of Structure | Total Length (km.) |
| | From | To | | |
+=======+=========================+=========================+================================================================+=====================+
| 1 | 136.3059 | 136.3931 | ROB (At km 136.350) | 0.0872 |
| 2 | 201.584 | 201.654 | Major Bridge (with PSC I Girder | 0.070 |
| | | | Superstructure RCC circular pier | |
| | | | on open Foundation) | |
+-------+-------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| | | Total Length | 0.1572 | |
+-------+-------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
4. The Authority shall ensure compliance with Rule 4(5) and Rule 4(6) of the NH Fee Rules while determining
the user fee rate to be levied on mechanical vehicles, as specified in Table-1.
5. 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 kilometres 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.
6. 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 from the time of |
| way journey | | payment |
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for fifty single journeys | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
7. 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.
8. A mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category under the rules,
shall not be permitted to use the National Highway for crossing the plaza until the excess load has been removed from
such mechanical vehicle. 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 as per the applicable provision in the said rules, namely: -
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Percentage of excess load over | Multiplying Factor to | Fees |
| Maximum Permissible Gross | the base rate | |
| Vehicular Weight | | |
+=====================================================+=====================================+=====================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such category of |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | mechanical vehicle under sub-rule (2) of rule 4) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | x (Multiplying factor)] |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >60% to 80% | Eight | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >80% and Above | Ten | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 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.
The same shall be got published by the authority in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language through
the concessionaire and thereafter revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rule and provisions of the
concession agreement and will be published; provided, however, that such revision shall not be effected until a period
of 6 (six) months from the date of preceding revision of fee.
[F. No. FINDIV-16012(12)/1/2024-O/oGM (Finance-II)-Part(3)/E-249666]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.