Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02122024-259059 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4773] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 8, 1946 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 28th November, 2024 S.O. 5165(E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1097 (E) dated the 04th August 2005 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from km. 9.200 to km. 286.000 (Jammu Srinagar Section including Nagrota (length 14.4 km.) and Udhampur Bypass (Length 18.7 km.) section of National Highway No.1A in the state of J&K 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 (hereinafter referred to as the "rules") and in supersession of Gazette Fee Notification published vide S.O. 2649 (E) dated 29.06.2021, the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 18.211 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 239.53 km (having length of 23.953 km, Table-3) and at one and one half times of the base rate for the bypass having length of 0.837 Km (Table-4) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for four or more lane section of Maroog-Banihal-Quazigund Section from design kilometer 154.210 to kilometer 205.618 of National Highway number 1A (New NH-44) in the state of Jammu & Kashmir and authorises 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 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or | 3.45 | | 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 namely:- Table-2 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +===================================================================+===================================================================+==========================================+ | At Design Km 193.760 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Lamber Tehsil | 18.211 | 100% for four or more lane of | | Banihal in Ramban district of J&K. | [Excluding length of structures (>60m) and bypass (costing | the base rates mentioned in | | At Design Km 204.563 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Ujroo Tehsil | > Rs 10 crores) as mentioned at para 2 and 3 below] | Table-1 above | | Dooru in Anantnag district of J&K. | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ 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 (chainage) | Length of structures* (in km) to be converted into | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is | | | equivalent road length | length (in km) | payable | +===================================================================+===================================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+ | At Design Km 193.760 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Lamber Tehsil | | | | | Banihal in Ramban district of J&K. | 23.953^ | 239.53 | 100% for four or more lane | | At Design Km 204.563 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Ujroo Tehsil | | | of the base rates mentioned | | Dooru in Anantnag district of J&K. | | | in Table-1 above | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ ^ Details of four-lane structure having length more than 60m is as under: +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Type of structure | Chainage | North Length | Chainage | South Length | | | Bound | of North | Bound | of South | | | | | bound (in Km) | | | bound (in Km) | | | From | To | | From | To | | +====================+===========+===========+===============+===========+===========+===============+ | | Banihal-Quazigund section | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | MJB 01 | 189.385 | 189.496 | 0.111 | 189.385 | 189.496 | 0.111 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | RUB | 191.067 | 191.147 | 0.080 | 191.067 | 191.147 | 0.080 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct-1 | 194.237 | 195.661 | 1.424 | 194.237 | 195.661 | 1.424 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Twin Tunnel | 195.783 | 204.240 | 8.450 | 195.783 | 204.240 | 8.450 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | Maroog-Digdole section (Pkg-I) | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Twin Tunnel 1 & 2 | 154.415 | 158.650 | 4.235 | 156.035 | 160.260 | 4.225 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | Digdole-Panthyal section (Pkg-II) | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Twin Tunnel 1 & 2 | 158.750 | 161.350 | 2.600 | 160.360 | 163.368 | 3.008 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Tunnel 3 | 164.140 | 164.759 | 0.619 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | Magergote-Sherbibi section (Pkg-III) | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | | | | 170.090 | 170.469 | 0.379 | | | | | | 171.260 | 171.440 | 0.180 | | MJB | | | | 171.610 | 171.800 | 0.190 | | | | | | 171.884 | 172.048 | 0.164 | | | | | | 172.805 | 172.879 | 0.072 | | | | | | 173.260 | 173.353 | 0.093 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct-01 | 165.110 | 165.920 | 0.820 | 166.929 | 167.440 | 0.511 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct-02 | 167.314 | 167.765 | 0.450 | 169.101 | 169.541 | 0.440 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct-03 | 168.278 | 170.528 | 2.250 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct-04 | 170.615 | 171.777 | 1.162 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Ramp Structure | 0.205 | 0.312 | 0.107 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | Panthyal-Banihal section (Pkg-IV) | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Khooni Nallah Bridge| 163.271 | 163.389 | 0.117 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Panthyal Bridge | 164.058 | 164.142 | 0.083 | | | | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Twin Tunnel 3 & 4 | 163.400 | 163.985 | 0.585 | 165.254 | 165.750 | 0.496 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Tunnel 05 | | | | 165.860 | 166.730 | 0.870 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | MJB 3 & 5 | 164.910 | 165.090 | 0.180 | 166.743 | 166.888 | 0.145 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct 3 & 4 | 175.260 | 175.435 | 0.205 | 173.700 | 173.924 | 0.224 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | NT 02 | | | | 176.330 | 176.670 | 0.340 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | | Banihal Bypass | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct 01 | 187.305 | 187.705 | 0.400 | 187.305 | 187.705 | 0.400 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct 02 | 187.898 | 188.058 | 0.160 | 187.898 | 188.058 | 0.160 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct 03 | 188.533 | 189.293 | 0.760 | 188.533 | 189.293 | 0.760 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Viaduct 04 | 187.705 | 187.898 | 0.193 | 187.705 | 187.898 | 0.193 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ | Total | | | 24.991 | | | 22.915 | +--------------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+---------------+ Avg length of structures 23.953 Km 3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of bypass costing Rs 10 crores or more at the following Fee Plaza (s) for net bypass length specified for such fee plaza (s): Table-4 +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------+---------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of | Taking | Merging | Length and cost of | | Rate at which fee is | | (chainage) | the | off | at | bypass for which | | payable | | | bypass | | | additional fee is payable | | | | | | | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | Length (in | Cost (Rs in | | | | | | | Km) | crores) | | +=============================================================+=================+===========+===============+=============================+===================================+=========================================================+ | At Design Km 193.760 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Lamber | | | | | | 150% for four or more | | Tehsil Banihal in Ramban district of J&K. | Banihal | 187.000 | 189.350 | 0.837 | 13.30 | lane of the base rates | | At Design Km 204.563 of NH-1A (New NH-44) near Ujroo | Bypass | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 | | Tehsil Dooru in Anantnag district of J&K. | | | | | | above | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------+---------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purposes and resides within twenty kilometers 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. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table-5 +-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of | Period of validity | | | one-way journeys | | | | allowed | | +===========================================================+===============================================+=====================================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of | | journey | | payment | +-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | fifty single journeys | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 6223.86 crores. 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 realised. [ F. No. NHAI/PIU-SGR/TOLLNOTIFICATION/LAMBER-CHAKWANGUND/E-196741] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 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