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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28032025-262042
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1476] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1494(E).— Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways, number S.O. 386 (E) dated 16th February 2010, issued under section 11 of the National Highway
Authority of India Act 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the Highway from km 131.000 to
km 218.200 of NH-58 in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand 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 Muzzafarnagar - Haridwar Section from Km
130.560 to Km 209.120 (Existing Km 131.000 to Km. 211.000) of National Highway No. 58 (Old) (New NH 334
and NH 34), in the State of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand 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 till signing of the Agreement and in supersession of the Notification Number S.O. No. 3890(E)
dated 29th October, 2020 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 of the Four lane Muzzafarnagar - Haridwar Section from
Km 130.560 to Km 166.000 of Old NH 58 (New NH 334) Section in the State of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand
(hereinafter referred to as the "said section'), for
Before completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Net road length of 27.595 km (Table 2.1) at the rates specified in Column (2) of Table 1 below, and for equivalent
structure length (having more than 60m) of 1.36 km (having length 0.136 km, Table 4.1), and one and half times of
the base rate for use of bypasses, costing rupees ten crore or more, having total net length of 7.709 km (Table 3) on the
type of vehicles specified in Column (1) of Table 1 below, 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.
After completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Net road length of 26.545 km (Table 2.2) at the rates specified in Column (2) of Table 1 below, and for equivalent
structure length (having more than 60m) of 11.86 km (having length 1.186 km, Table 4.2), and one and half times of
the base rate for use of bypasses, costing rupees ten crore or more, having total net length of 7.709 km (Table 3) on the
type of vehicles specified in Column (1) of Table 1 below, 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 | 1.05 |
| Minibus | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 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 following Fee Plaza, at the base rates
mentioned in Table 1 above, for the distance specified for such Fee Plazas, namely: -
Before completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Table 2.1
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is Payable | Rate at which Fee is payable |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+================================+
| At Design Km 138.552 of NH-58 (New NH-334) near | 27.595 | 100% for four or more lane |
| Chapar village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar | [excluding 0.136 Km of structures (having | of the base rates mentioned |
| Pradesh State. | length more than 60m) and excluding bypass | in Table-1 above |
| | length 7.709 Km] | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
After completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Table 2.2
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is Payable | Rate at which Fee is payable |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+================================+
| At Design Km 138.552 of NH-58 (New NH-334) near | 26.545 | 100% for four or more lane |
| Chapar village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar | [excluding 1.186 Km of structures (having | of the base rates mentioned |
| Pradesh State. | length more than 60m) and excluding bypass | in Table-1 above |
| | length 7.709 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
following Fee Plaza(s) at one and half times of the base rate mentioned in Table 1 above for the length of bypasses
specified for such Fee Plaza(s):
Table 3
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza (Chainage) | Name of Bypass | Taking off (Km) | Merging at (Km) | Length of bypass for which Fee is Payable (in km) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | Rate at which Name of fee is payable |
+=====================================================+=======================+=================+=================+=====================================================+================+================================+
| At Design Km 138.552 of NH-58 (New NH-334) near | Purkhaji Bypass | 143.734 | 151.443 | 7.709 | 50 Cr | 150% for four |
| Chapar village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar | | | | | | or more lane, |
| Pradesh State. | | | | | | of the base |
| | | | | | | rates |
| | | | | | | mentioned in |
| | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Total (Km) | | | | 7.709 | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
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 rate mentioned in Table 1
above:
Before completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Table 4.1
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which |
| (Existing Kilometre [Km]) | to be converted into equivalent road length | (in km) | Fee is payable |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================+================================+
| At Design Km 138.552 of NH-58 (New NH-334) near | 0.136^ | 1.360 | 100% for four lane or |
| Chapar village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar | | | more lane, of the base |
| Pradesh State. | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
^ The details of 4 lane structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| Sl. No | Start Chainage (at Km) | End Chainage (at Km) | Type of Structure | Total Length (km.) |
+========+=========================+=======================+====================+================----+
| 1 | 164.332 | 164.468 | Major Bridge | 0.136 |
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
After completion of construction of Grade Separator at Km 163+000, and Km 165+300: -
Table 4.2
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| Location of Toll Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which |
| (Existing Kilometre [Km]) | to be converted into equivalent road length | (in km) | Fee is payable |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================+================================+
| At Design Km 138.552 of NH-58 (old) / NH 334 | 1.186^ | 11.860 | 100% for four lane or |
| (New) near Chapar village in Muzaffarnagar district | | | more lane, of the base |
| of Uttar Pradesh State. | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
^ The details of 4 lane structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| Sl. No | Start Chainage (at Km) | End Chainage (at Km) | Type of Structure | Total Length (km.) |
+========+=========================+=======================+====================+================----+
| 1 | 164.332 | 164.468 | Major Bridge | 0.136 |
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 2 | 162.670 | 163.330 | Grade Separator | 0.660 |
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| 3 | 165.105 | 165.495 | Grade Separator | 0.390 |
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
| | Total Length | | | 1.186 |
+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------+--------------------+--------------------+
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 Fourty only)
for the year 2024-25 which 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:
+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+===========================================+===================================================+======================+
| One and half times of the fee for one-way | Two | Twenty-four hours |
| journey | | from the time of |
| | | payment |
+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date |
| for fifty single journeys | | of payment |
+-------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+----------------------+
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 Vehicular Weight | the base rate | |
+=====================================================+===================================================+===========================================================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+=====================================================+===================================================+===========================================================================+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such category of mechanical vehicle under sub-rule |
| | | (2) of rule 4) x |
| | | (Multiplying factor)] |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >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 in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language
through the Concissionaire and thereafter revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules 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 the preceding revision of fee.
[F. No. FINDIV-16012(12)/1/2024-O/oGM (Finance-II)-Part(3)/E-249666]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI,Jt. Secy.