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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28032025-262043
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1483]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
2205 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1501(E).— Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways, number S.O. 3492( E) dated 31.10.2017 issued under section 11 of the
National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the
Stretch from Gundugolanu-Devarapalli-Kovvuru Section (for the length of 69.88 kilometer) of National
Highway 16 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 Four lane Gundugolanu-Devarapalli-Kovvuru from Design Km 15+320 to Design Km
85+204 of NH-16 in the state of Andhra Pradesh (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. No.3616(E) dated 03.09.2021, 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 Gundugolanu-Devarapalli-Kovvuru from Design
Km 15+320 to Design Km 85+204 of NH-16 in the state of Andhra Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the
'said section'), for net road length of 24.359 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 18.32 Km (having
length 1.832 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 43.693 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.
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 | 1.05 |
| Vehicle or Minibus | |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment| 3.45 |
| (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
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| S. | Location of Toll Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which Fee is |
| No. | | Payable | payable |
| | (Design Kilometre [Km]) | | |
+=====+==================================================================+==================================================================================================================+=========================================================+
| 1 | At Km 53+700 of NH-16 | 24.359 [excluding 1.832 km of | 100% for four or more |
| | near Veeravalli village in | structures (having length more than | lane of the base rates |
| | West Godawari district of | 60m) and excluding bypass length | mentioned in Table-1 |
| | Andhra Pradesh State. | 43.693 km] | above |
+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to 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 | Name of the bypass | Taking | Merging | Length (excluding | Rate at which |
| Fee Plaza | | Off | at | structure >60m) | fee is payable |
| | | | | & cost of Bypass | |
| | | | | for which | |
| | | | | additional FEE is | |
| | | | | payable | |
| | | | | +----------+---------+ | |
| | | | | | Length | Cost | | |
| | | | | | (in | (in Rs. | | |
| | | | | | Km) | Crores) | | |
+===================================================+==========================+==========+==========+==========+=========+===================================================================================================+
| At Km | Bhimadole Bypass | 20+330 | 25+610 | 5.005 | 137.63 | | |
| 53+700 of | Dubacherla Bypass | 34+680 | 39+190 | 4.510 | 136.58 | | 150% for four or |
| NH-16 near | Nallajarla Bypass | 42+660 | 46+010 | 3.350 | 95.43 | | more lane, of the |
| Veeravalli | Ananthapalli Bypass | 48+610 | 51+700 | 3.090 | 91.67 | | base rates |
| village in | Yernagudem Bypass | 56+010 | 59+130 | 3.120 | 99.05 | | mentioned in |
| West | | | | | | | Table-1 above |
| Godawari | | | | | | | |
| district of | Deverapalli Bypass | 59+890 | 85+204 | 24.618 | 613.70 | | |
| Andhra | | | | | | | |
| Pradesh | | | | | | | |
| State. | | | | | | | |
+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Total | | | 43.693 | | | |
+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+----------+----------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 | Equivalent | Rate at which |
| (Design Kilometer [Km]) | (in km) to be | road length | |
| | converted into | (in km) | |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+==================================================================+====================================================================================+==========================================+=========================================================+
| At Km 53+700 of NH-16 near | 1.832^ | 18.32 | 100% for four or more |
| Veeravalli village in West | | | lanes, of the base rates |
| Godavari district of Andhra | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| Pradesh State. | | | above |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
^The details of structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------+---------------+
| S. No. | Start Chainage (at | End | Type of | Length (km) |
| | Km) | Chainage | Structure | |
| | | (at Km) | | |
+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------+---------------+
| 1 | 15.751 | 15.849 | UDF | 0.098/2 = 0.049 |
| 2 | 18.581 | 18.773 | ROB | 0.192 |
| 3 | 22.404 | 22.614 | Major Bridge | 0.210 |
| 4 | 23.131 | 23.196 | Flyover | 0.065 |
| 5 | 31.583 | 31.712 | Major Bridge | 0.129 |
| 6 | 48.144 | 48.300 | Major Bridge | 0.156 |
| 7 | 51.829 | 52.029 | Major Bridge | 0.200 |
| 8 | 59.702 | 59.837 | Major Bridge | 0.135 |
| 9 | 66.653 | 66.751 | Flyover | 0.098 |
| 10 | 68.631 | 68.854 | Major Bridge | 0.223 |
| 11 | 76.682 | 76.762 | Major Bridge | 0.080 |
| 12 | 77.465 | 77.545 | Major Bridge | 0.080 |
| 13 | 78.314 | 78.377 | Overpass | 0.063 |
| 14 | 79.035 | 79.125 | Major Bridge | 0.090 |
| 15 | 79.260 | 79.322 | Flyover | 0.062 |
+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------+---------------+
| | Total length (km) | | | 1.832 |
+-------+-----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------+---------------+
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 journey on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
Table-5
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one- | Period of validity |
| | way journeys allowed | |
+=================================================+===========================================+==============================+
| One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the |
| one-way journey | | time of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of |
| payable for fifty single journeys | | 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 | Multiplying Factor | Fees |
| over Maximum Permissible Gross | to 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) |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | of rule 4) 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.
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