Publication of user fee notification

4911 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3263] NEW DELHI , MON DAY, JULY 31, 2023/ SHRAVANA 9, 1945 CG-DL-E-01082023-247731 2 THE GAZ ETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] (1) (2) 43.000 38.810 4.886 150% 0.000) दकमी 549.450 1.150 4 THE GAZ ETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIG HWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi the 27 th July, 2023 S.O. 3410(E).—Whereas by notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways numbers S.O. 2335 (E) dated 25th August, 2015 and S.O. 1507 (E) dated 12th May, 2020 issued u nder Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala/Tamilnadu border section from Km. 0.000 to Km. 43.000 of NH -47 and the stretch of Edappalli - Ernakulam - Thiruvananthapuram – Kerala/Tamil Nadu border section from Km. 358.750 to Km. 551.900 of NH -66 (old NH -47) in the State of Kerala to 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 (D etermination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 and amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "rules") and in supersession of the notification number S.O. 2561(E) date 31st July, 2020, the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mecha nical vehicles at 100% of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 0.288 Km and equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 44.590 km (having length of 4.459 km) and at one and one half times of t he base rate for bypasses having length of 38.810 km costing rupees ten crore or more for the use of four and more lane section and at 60% of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m ) of 4.270 km (having length of 0.427 km) for use of two lanes with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column(1) of the Table 1 below of Kazhakuttam Elevated Highway section from design kilometer 547+080 to design kilometer 548+064 and Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala/Tamil Nadu border Section from design kilometer 0.000 (existing Km 548+064) to kilometer 43.000 of National Highway number 66 (Old NH - 47) in the State of Kerala and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its off icials 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) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) 3.45 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 which Fee is payable Rate at which Fee is payable At Km.18+250 of NH 47 (New NH- 66) near Thiruvallam district of Kerala State 0.288 100% for four 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 by pass costing Rs 10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) : - TABLE -3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Name of Bypass with Chainage Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of bypass for which additional fee is payable Rate at which Fee is payable Length (in Km) Cost (Rs. in Crore) At Km.18+250 of NH 47 (New NH-66) near Thiruvallam district of Thiruvananthap uram Kerala State Thiruvananthapuram ram Bypass from Km 547.080 to Km 548.064 (Bypass Km 0.000) and from Km 0.000 to Km 43.000 Design Km 548.064 of NH-66 Design Km 43.000 of Bypass 38.810 Km (excluding length of structure i.e. 4.886 Km) 2862.35 150% of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 3. In addition to above, the follow ing 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 structure s by an equalisation factor of 10: - 6 THE GAZ ETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] TABLE -4 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length of structures* (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent Road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km 18.250 near Thiruvallam village in Thiruvananthapuram District 0.427 4.27 60% of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 4.459 44.59 100% of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above Total Length 4.886 48.86 *Details of structure having length more than 6 0m is as under: Sl. No. Structure having length more than 60 m Location of Structure (Chainage Km) Type of Structure Length (Km) From To 1 Km 547.368 Km 548.064 4L Elevated Highway 0.696 2 Km 548.064 (Km 0.000) Km 549.450 (Km 1.386) 4L Elevated Highway 1.386 3 (Km 5.746) (Km 6.115) 4 Lane Bridge 0.369 4 (Km 9.634) (Km 9.764) 2 Lane Flyover 0.130 5 (Km 9.764) (Km 9.847) 4 Lane ROB 0.083 6 (Km 9.847) (Km 10.144) 2 Lane Flyover 0.297 (Km 10.144) (Km 11.294) 4 Lane Viaduct Cum Flyover 1.150 8 (Km 16.916) (Km 17.026) 4 Lane Bridge 0.110 9 (Km 23.666) (Km 23.860) 4 Lane Viaduct 0.194 10 (Km 30.312) (Km 30.693) 4 Lane Viaduct 0.381 11 (Km 35.559) (Km 35.649) 4 Lane Bridge 0.090 Total 4.886 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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs.330.00 (Rupees Three Hundred and Thirty only) for the year 2023 - 24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said r ules. 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 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 distric t 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, ser vice 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 th e 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 accorda nce with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 2862.35 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activ ities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised and after recov ery of the capital cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No. NHAI/13013/547/CO/Amendment Thiruvananthapuram Bypass/E -220211 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.