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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29052025-263453
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2310] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025/ JYAISTHA 7, 1947
3472 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th May, 2025
S.O. 2364E).- 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,
Shahjahanpur 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 at
the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 31.474 km (Table-2) and for equivalent
structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.56 km (having structure length 0.256 km [Table-3]) on the type
of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of 4-lane with Paved Shoulder from Km 229.070
to 260.800, End of Hardoi District to Lucknow of NH 731 on EPC basis in the State of Uttar Pradesh of National
Highway number 731 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 | 1.05 |
| Bus | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| 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 Fee Plaza for net length specified
for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: —
Table-2
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza(s) (chainage) | Length (in Km.) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable|
| | payable | |
+=============================================+=====================================================+=============================+
| At km/Ch.230.344 near village | 31.474 Km | 100% for four or |
| Sahijana in Lucknow Dist. of Uttar | [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] | more lanes, of the base |
| Pradesh | | 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 equalization factor of 10:
Table-3
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza(s) | Length of | Equivalent Road |
| (chainage) | structures (in km) to be | length (in km) |
| | converted into equivalent | |
| | road length | |
+=============================================+=====================================================+=============================+
| At km/Ch.230.344 near village | 0.256^ | 2.560 |
| Sahijana in Lucknow Dist. of | | |
| Uttar Pradesh | | |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
Rate at
which fee is payable
=============================+
100% for four
or more lanes, of the base
rates mentioned in Table-1
above
-----------------------------+
^The details are as under: —
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| S. | Chainage | | Type of structure | Length (in Km) |
| No. | | | | |
+=====+===========+=========+===================+================+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| 1 | Km 247.818| Km 247.888| VUP | 0.070 |
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| 2 | Km 255.980| Km 256.058| Major Bridge | 0.078 |
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| 3 | Km 259.883| Km 259.991| ROB | 0.108 |
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
| | | Total | | 0.256 |
+-----+-----------+---------+-------------------+----------------+
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 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.
4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: —
Table-4
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of | Period of Validity |
| | one-way journeys allowed | |
+=====================================================+=====================================+==================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of |
| for one way journey | | payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fee payable for 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, namely: —
Table-5
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Percentage of excess load over | Multiplying Factor to the base| Fees |
| Maximum Permissible Gross | rate | |
| Vehicular Weight | | |
+=============================================+=============================+==========================================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 0% to 20% | Two | [(Fees applicable for such |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| >20% to 40% | Four | category of mechanical vehicle |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| >40% to 60% | Six | under sub-rule (2) of rule 4) x |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| >60% to 80% | Eight | (Multiplying factor |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| >80% and Above | Ten | )] |
+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
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
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.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 544.23 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. PROJ-35017(89)/2/2025-PIULUCKNOW E-250798]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.