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Date: 2025-12-29 Category: Not Applicable State: Tamil Nadu Country: India

Notification regarding the collection of tolls from vehicles entering the Dindigul district, Kodaikanal municipal area – retrospective order for collecting the old fee from 15.06.2024 to 29.12.2025 and collection of the increased fee from 30.12.2025 to 14.06.2027.

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**Executive Summary** This document is a notification from the Tamil Nadu Government regarding toll collection for motor vehicles entering Kodaikanal Municipal area. It announces toll collection from December 30, 2025, to June 14, 2027, on specific classes of vehicles. It also retroactively approves the collection of old rates from June 15, 2024, to December 29, 2025. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Toll Levy Period:** December 30, 2025, to June 14, 2027. * **Applicable Roads:** * Dindigul - Kodaikanal Road * Palani - Kodaikanal Road * Cochin - Kodaikanal Road * **Toll Locations:** * Silver Cascade * Next to Pillar rocks (between Pillar rock and Moyar point) in Kodaikanal * **Toll Rates (in Rupees):** * Tourist Bus: 300 * Bus: 200 * Lorry (Heavy Vehicles): 150 * Maxi Cab (Van, Mini Lorry, Tractor): 100 * Tourist Car, Taxi (including Sumo, Qualis, Trax): 80 * Car or Jeep: 80 * Three wheelers and two wheelers: Nil * **Exemption:** The levy of tolls is not applicable to non-commercial motor vehicles owned by the residents of Kodaikanal Municipal area. * **Retroactive Approval:** Collection of old rates for vehicles entering Kodaikanal Municipal area from June 15, 2024 to December 29, 2025 is approved. **Impact Analysis** **Stakeholder: Motor Vehicle Owners/Operators** * **Impact:** Owners/operators of motor vehicles (excluding non-commercial vehicles owned by Kodaikanal residents) will incur toll charges when using specified roads entering the Kodaikanal Municipal area. * **Action Required:** Pay the prescribed toll fees when using the specified roads during the specified period. **Stakeholder: Residents of Kodaikanal Municipal Area** * **Impact:** Owners of non-commercial motor vehicles residing in the Kodaikanal Municipal area are exempt from paying toll fees for using the specified roads. * **Action Required:** No toll payment is required for non-commercial vehicles. Residents may need to provide proof of residency if requested.

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Indian Tolls Act 1851: The central act authorizing the Tamil Nadu government to levy tolls. Kodaikanal: The municipal area where toll collection is being carried out, specifically on roads leading into the town. Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official gazette publishing the toll notification. Highways and Minor Ports Department: The department responsible for issuing the toll notification.
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© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 862] CHENNAI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025 Margazhi 14, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2056 Part II—Section 2 Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public issued by Secretariat Departments. NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS AND MINOR PORTS DEPARTMENT திதிண்ண்டுடுக்க்ககல்ல் மாமாாாவவட்ட்டடம்ம்,, கொகொககாாடைடைடடக்க்ககாானனல்ல் நநககராராாாட்ட்சிசிப்ப் பபகுகுதிதிக்க்குகுள்ள் நுநுடைடைைையுயும்ம் வவாாககனனங்ங்ககளுளுக்க்குகு சுசுங்ங்கக வவசூசூல்ல் கொகொெெய்ய்ததல்ல் –– 1155..0066..22002244 முமுததல்ல் 2299..1122..22002255 வவடைடைராரா பபடைடைைையய ககட்ட்டடணணம்ம் வவசூசூல்ல் கொகொெெய்ய்ததததற்ற்குகு பிபின்ன்னேனேனனற்ற்புபு ஆஆடைடைணண மாமாற்ற்றுறும்ம் 3300..1122..22002255 முமுததல்ல் 1144..0066..22002277 வவடைடைராரா உஉயயர்ர்த்த்ததப்ப்பபட்ட்டட ககட்ட்டடணணம்ம் வவசூசூலிலித்த்ததல்ல் பபற்ற்றிறியய அஅறிறிவிவிக்க்டைடைகக.. [அராொடைண (ப) எண்.164, கொநடுஞ்ொடைை மாற்றும் சிறுதுடைைமுகங்கள் (எச். எஸ்.1)துடைை, 29 டிெம்பர் 2025, மாார்கழி 14, விசுவாவசு, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.] No. II(2)/ HWMP/1344(e)/2025. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub – section (1) and sub section (2) of section 2 of the Indian Tolls Act 1851 (Central Act VIII of 1851), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby levies tolls from 30.12.2025 to 14.06.2027 on the classes of Motor Vehicles specified in Column (2) of the table below which pass through the Dindigul – Kodaikanal Road, Palani - Kodaikanal Road and Cochin – Kodaikanal Road at Silver Cascade and next to Pillar rocks in between Pillar rock and Moyar point in Kodaikanal in Dindigul District at the rates specified in the corresponding entries in column (3) there of provided that such levy of tolls shall not be applicable to non – commercial motor vehicles owned by the residents of Kodaikanal Municipal area: [1] Ex-II-2—(862)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY The Table SI. No. Classes of Motor Vehicles Rate (in Rupees) (1) (2) (3) 1. Tourist Bus 300/-(Rupees Three Hundred only) 2. Bus 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred only) 3. Lorry (Heavy Vehicles) 150/- (Rupees One Hundred and Fifty only) 4. Maxi Cab (Van, Mini Lorry, Tractor) 100/- (Rupees One hundred only) 5. Tourist Car, Taxi (including Sumo, Qualis, Trax) 80/-(Rupees Eighty only) 6. Car or Jeep 80/- (Rupees Eighty only) 7. Three wheelers and two wheelers Nil R. SELVARAJ, Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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