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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29042025-262731
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1847]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025/VAISAKHA 5, 1947
2764 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th April, 2025
S.O. 1889(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways S.O. 5420(E) dated 13th December 2024, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of National Highway no.161A in the state of Maharashtra to
the State Government of Maharashtra;
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
(hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2)
of the Table-1 for net road section length of 1.3 km [Table-2] for four or more lane section and at sixty percent of the
base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section for length of 31.6355 km [Table-2] and for equivalent
structure length (having length more than 60m) of 0.645 km (having length of 0.0645 km, Table-3) [at sixty per cent
of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of
Table 1 below for the use of Bhokar to Sarsam section from design chainage from km 0.000 to km 33.000 of National
Highway No.161A in the state of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India 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 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) | 3.45 |
| 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 for net road length specified
for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: -
Table-2
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | which Fee is payable | |
+================================================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At design chainage Km.22+150 Sonari village, | 31.6355 Km | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, |
| Taluka-Himayatnagar, District-Nanded in the State of | [Excluding length of | of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Maharashtra. | structures (>60m)] | above. |
| | 1.3 km | 100% for four or above lane, of the base |
| | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
2. 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 equalisation factor of 10: -
Table-3
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road Rate at which fee is payable |
| | km) to be converted into | length (in km) |
| | equivalent road length | |
+================================================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At design chainage Km.22+150 Sonari | | 0.645 |
| village, Taluka-Himayatnagar, District- | 0.0645^ | 60% for two lane with paved |
| Nanded in the State of Maharashtra. | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| | | mentioned in Table-1 above. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^The details are as under: -
+--------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
| Sr. No. | From design km | To design km | Type of structure | Length (in km) |
+========+================+================+===================+================+
| 1 | 4+236.75 | 4+301.25 | Major Bridge | 0.0645 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
| | | | Total | 0.0645 |
+--------+----------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+
3. 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/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only)
for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: -
Table-4
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| One and one-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 | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
9. 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 National
Highways Authority of India 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.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 295.09 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 National Highways
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RO/MUM/P-1119/2016-17/Toll /E-249333]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.