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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28032025-262056
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1482]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025/CHAITRA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th March, 2025
S.O. 1500(E).-Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways, number S.O. 50(E) dated the 10th January, 2012, issued under section 11 of the National Highways
Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted from Km 0.000 to Km 127.650
(Raipur- Bilaspur section) of National Highway No. 200 (New NH 130 & 49) in the state of Chattisgarh 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 Simga Bilaspur section from km 48+580
to km 126+525 of National Highway Number 200 (New NH 130 & 49)in the state of Chhattisgarh (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. 3749(E) dated 18.10.2019, 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 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 divided Highway Simga to Bilaspur
section (from Km 48+580 to Km 126+525) of NH-200 (New NH-130 & NH-49) in the state of Chhattisgarh (here
in after referred to as the "said section'), for net road length of 47.798 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 8.627 Km (having
length 0.8627 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 29.2844 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
Tablel
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 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 (ECM) 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 the Table 1 above, for the distance specified for such Fee Plaza(s), namely-
Table 2
+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| S.N. | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in Km) for which Fee is | Rate at which Fee is |
| | (chainage) | Payable | payable |
+======+==========================================================================+==========================================================================+=================================================================+
| 1 | At Km 97.516 of NH-130 (Old | 47.798 | 100% for four or more lane |
| | NH-200) near Bhojpuri village in | [excluding 0.6691 Km of structures | of the base rates mentioned |
| | Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh | (having length more than 60m) and | in Table-1 above |
| | State | excluding bypass length 8.933 Km] | |
+------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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 Toll | Name of the | Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which |
| Plaza (Existing | Bypass | Off | | bypass for which | fee is payable |
| Kilometer) | | | | additional fee is payable | |
+=====================================+===================+===========+=============+=======================================+================+
| | | | | Length (in | Cost (in |
| | | | | Km.) | Rs. |
| | | | | | Crore) |
+=====================================+===================+===========+=============+=======================================+================+
| At Km 97.516 of NH- | Simga | Km 48.580 | Km 51.428 | 2.848 | 31.31 | 150% for four |
| 130 (Old NH-200) | Bypass | | | | | and more lane |
| near Bhojpuri | | | | | | of the base |
| village(s) in Bilaspur | Limtara | Km 66.310 | Km 67.940 | 1.630 | 11.93 | rates |
| district of Chhattisgarh | Bypass | | | | | mentioned in |
| State | | | | | | Table-1 above |
| | Baitalpur | Km 82.526 | Km 84.626 | 2.100 | 21.96 | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------+
| At Km 110.300 of | Sargaon | Km 91.026 | Km 93.381 | 2.355 | 17.71 | |
| NH-49 (Old NH-200) | Bypass | | | | | |
| near Mudipar | | | | | | |
| village(s) in Bilaspur | Bilaspur | Km | Km 126.525 | 20.3514 (Excluding | 167.09 | |
| district of Chhattisgarh | Bypass | 105.980 | | length of | | |
| State | | | | structure > | | |
| | | | | 60m) | | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------+
| | Total Length | | | 29.2844 | | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+-------------+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------------+
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 60m at the following fee plaza(s), by converting 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 (Existing | Length of structures (in | Equivalent | Rate at which Fee is |
| Kilometer) | km) to be converted into | road length (in | payable |
| | equivalent road length | km) | |
+==========================================================================+==========================================================================+=================================================================+================================================================+
| At Km 97.516 of NH-130 (Old NH- | 0.6691^ | 6.691 | 100% for four or more |
| 200) at Bhojpuri village in Bilaspur | | | lane, of the base rates |
| district of State Chhattisgarh | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| | | | above |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 110.300 of NH-49 (Old NH- | 0.1936^^ | 1.936 | 100% for four or more |
| 200) near Mudipar village in | | | lane, of the base rates |
| Bilaspur district of State | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| Chhattisgarh | | | above |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
* The details of structures (> 60 m length) are as under:
^ For TP-1, details are as under:
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| Sr. | Start Chainage | End Chainage | Type of Structure| Length (in Km) |
| No | (at Km) | (at Km) | | |
+======+============================+==========================+==================+=================+
| 1 | 68.1039 | 68.653 | Major Bridge | 0.5491 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 95.448 | 95.568 | Major Bridge | 0.120 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
| | | Total | | 0.6691 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+------------------+-----------------+
^^ For TP-2, details are as under:
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------+-----------------+
| Sr. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) |
| No | From Km | To Km | | |
+======+============================+==========================+--------------------+-----------------+
| 1 | 106.110 | 106.210 | Fly Over | 0.100 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 108.887 | 108.980 | ROB (Bilaspur Bypass)| 0.0936 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------+-----------------+
| | | Total | | 0.1936 |
+------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------+-----------------+
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 | 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 | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
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 |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | 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.