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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28032025-262039
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1474]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1492(E).— Whereas, by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways, number S.O. No. 1035 (E) dated 07.05.2010, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority
of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the from km 0.000 to km 71.400 (Kandla-
Mundra Port Section) of National Highway No. 41 the State of Gujarat 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 Gandhidham (Kandla) to Mundra Port Section
from km 0.000 to km 71.400 of National Highway No. 41 in the state of Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as the said
section) of the National Highway.
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 and
any other its amendments notified thereof till signing of the Agreement and in supersession of the notification
number S.O. 3272 (E) dated 21.07.2023, 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 of the said national highway, interest on the capital invested,
reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of said agreement between the Authority and the
Concessionaire, hereby notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees on mechanical vehicles for the use four
and more lane of Kandla to Mundra Section from km 0.000 to km 71.400 of National Highway 41 in the State of
Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as the "said section') for net road length of 61.881 Km (Table 2) at 100% of the
rates specified in Column (2) of Table 1 below and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of
7.889 Km (having length 0.7889 Km, Table 4) and at one and a half times of the base rate for use of bypasses,
costing rupees ten crore or more, having length of 8.730 Km (Table 3) for the four or more 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 of this Notification in the Official Gazette, whichever is
later, till the termination date as specified in the agreement.
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 Minibus| 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, at the base rates
mentioned in Table 1 above, for the distance specified for such Fee Plaza(s), namely:-
Table 2
+---------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Sr. No. | Location of Toll Plaza | Length (km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is |
| | (Existing chainage [km]) | Payable | payable |
+=========+===========================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| 1. | At km 44.500 of NH-41 Near | 61.881 [excluding 0.7889 km of | 100% for four or more lane |
| | Mokha Village in Kutch | structure (having length more than 60 | of the base rate mentioned |
| | District of Gujarat | m) and excluding bypass length 8.730 | in Table-1 above |
| | | km] | |
+---------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to the above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following
bypass(es) at the following Fee Plaza(s) at one and half times of the base rate mentioned in Table 1 above for
the length of Bypass(es) specified for such Fee Plaza(s):-
Table 3
+---------------------------------+---------------------------+------------+------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Name of | Taking | Merging at | Length (km) | Cost | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | Bypass and | off | | | (Rs. Crore) | payable |
| | Location | | | | | |
+=================================+===========================+============+============+=============+=============+=====================================================+
| At km 44.500 of NH- | Anjar Bypass | 11.270 | 20.000 | 8.730 | 84.09 | 150% for four or more |
| 41 Near Mokha Village | of NH-41 | | | | | lane of the base rate |
| in Kutch District of | | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| Gujarat | | | | | | 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, at the base rate mentioned in Table 1 above: -
Table 4
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length of structures (km) to | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | be converted into equivalent | length (km) | payable |
| | road length | | |
+===========================================+===========================================+==========================+=====================================================+
| At km 44.500 of NH-41 | 0.7889* | 7.889 | 100% for four or more |
| Near Mokha Village in | | | lane of the base rate |
| Kutch District of Gujarat | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | | above |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
* The details of structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| S.N. | Existing chainage (km)| | Type of Structure | Total Length (km) |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| | From | To | | |
+======+=======================+=======================+=================+====================+
| 1 | 9.9145 | 9.9855 | ROB | 0.0710 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 2 | 27.4530 | 27.5410 | Major Bridge | 0.0880 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 3 | 34.9973 | 35.0807 | Major Bridge | 0.0834 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 4 | 42.6670 | 42.7670 | Major Bridge | 0.1000 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 5 | 54.6130 | 54.7810 | Major Bridge | 0.1680 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 6 | 58.7300 | 58.8599 | Major Bridge | 0.1299 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| 7 | 65.3467 | 65.4953 | Major Bridge | 0.1486 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
| | Total | | | 0.7889 |
+------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+--------------------+
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 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 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 | Period of validity |
| | one-way journeys | |
| | allowed | |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one- way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| 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 Maximum | Multiplying Factor to | Fees |
| Permissible Gross Vehicular Weight | the base rate | |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | category of mechanical vehicle |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | under sub-rule (2) of rule 4) x |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >60% to 80% | Eight | (Multiplying factor)] |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| >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.