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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28082025-265754
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3825]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025/BHADRA 5, 1947
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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY
[PART II-SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th August, 2025
S.O. 3930(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3032(E) dated the 22th June 2018, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways
Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No-731
(highway starting from its junction NH-31 near Saidpur connecting Khuthan, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Lucknow, Hardoi,
Shajahanpur and terminating at Paliya in the State of Uttar Pradesh) in the State of Uttar Pradesh to the National
Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority);
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 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
amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on
mechanical vehicles at hundred per cent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of
2.125 Km [Table-2] for use of four or more lane section and at the sixty per cent of rate specified in column (2) of the
Table 1 for net road section length of 33.830 km [Table-2] and for equivalent structure length (having length more
than 60m) of 1.860 km (having structure length 0.186 km, Table-4) for use of two lane paved shoulder section and at
one and one half times of the base rate for bypasses having length of 12.505 km [Table-3] costing rupees ten crore or
more for use of four or more lane section, on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the
use of two and four lane of section Start of khutar bypass to start of Shahjahanpur bypass (from Km. 40.000 – Km.
88.750) of National Highway number 731 in the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorizes the Authority to collect, either
through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:
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 Mini Bus | 1.05 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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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
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 for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely:
Table-2
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza(s) (chainage) | Length (in Km.) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
+=========================================================================================================+==================================================+=======================================================================================+
| At km / Ch.78.991 of NH-731 | 33.830 Km. | 60% for Two Lane with Paved |
| Mahanandpur near village Chak Kanhu | [Excluding length of Bypass | Shoulders, of the base rates |
| in District Shahjahanpur of Uttar | (costing>10 Cr.) and length | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Pradesh. | of structures (>60m)] | |
| | | |
| | 2.125 Km. | 100% for four or more lane, |
| | [Excluding length of Bypass | of the base rates mentioned |
| | (costing>10 Cr.) and length | in Table-1 above |
| | of structures (>60m)] | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the
bypass costing Rs. 10 crore or more at the following Fee Plazas for net bypass length specified for
such Fee Plaza(s):-
Table-3
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee | Name of | Taking | Merging | Length of bypass (in | Rate at which |
| Plaza(s) (chainage) | the | off | at | km) for which | fee is |
| | Bypass | | | additional fee is | payable |
| | | | | Payable | |
| | | | | +---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------------+ |
| | | | | | Length (in | Cost (in | | |
| | | | | | Km) | Rs. Cr) | | |
+=====================================================+=================================+=====================+=====================+=====================+=====================+=====================================+===========================================================================+
| At km / Ch.78.991 of NH- | Khutar | Design | Design | 4.700 | 90.83 | 150% for Four or |
| 731 Mahanandpur near | Bypass of | Km. | Km. | | | more lane, of the |
| village Chak Kanhu in | NH-731 | 41.080 | 45.780 | | | base rates |
| District Shahjahanpur of | | | | | | mentioned in |
| Uttar Pradesh. | | | | | | Table-1 above |
| | | | | | | |
| | Powayan | Design | Design | 7.805 | 111.50 | 150% for four or |
| | Bypass of | Km. | Km. | | | more lane, of the |
| | NH-731 | 64.265 | 72.070 | | | base rates |
| | | | | | | mentioned in |
| | | | | | | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total | | | | 12.505 | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 the length of structures into an equivalent
length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10:-
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Table-4
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza(s) | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is |
| (chainage) | to be converted into | Road length | payable |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+=========================================================================================================+=======================================================================================+==================================================+=======================================================================================+
| At km / Ch.78.991 of NH-731 | 0.186^ | 1.860 | 60% for Two Lane with |
| Mahanandpur near village Chak | | | Paved Shoulders, |
| Kanhu in District Shahjahanpur of | | | of the base rates |
| Uttar Pradesh. | | | mentioned in |
| | | | Table-1 above |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under:
Chainage
+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+
| S. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of | Length (in Km) |
| | | | structure | |
+=======+==============+=============+====================+================+
| 1 | Km 75.609 | Km 75.690 | Major Bridge | 0.081 |
+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+
| 2 | Km 84.832 | Km 84.937 | Major Bridge | 0.105 |
+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+
| Total | | | | 0.186 |
+-------+--------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+
4. 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.350.00 (Rupees Three Hundred
Fifty only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
5. 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 journeys allowed | Period of Validity |
+================================================================+===============================================+=============================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the |
| | | time of payment |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys | Fifty | One month from date of |
| | | payment |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district
where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or
alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
7. 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, equal to the fee specified in sub-rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be
entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle.
8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted
vehicles, service road, alternative road, etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 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
on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules
and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language.
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11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 762.62 Crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation
as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed]. The Authority shall
maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized.
[F. No. UPDIV-20017/6/2025-PIU Bareilly /E-251933]
VINAY KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
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