Publication of user fee notification

4183 GI/202 3 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2748] NEW DELHI, MON DAY , JULY 3, 2023/ASHADHA 12, 194 5 CG-DL-E-03072023-246979 (1) (2) 0+000 दकमी 9+000 9.000 150% 27+600 4.654 1 23+102 23+178 अरओबी 0.076 2 26+780 26+900 बड़ा पुल 0.120 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2023 S.O. 2871(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number S.O.1035 (E), dated the 7th May, 2010 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1998), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 84.120 (from Belgaum -Goa/Karnataka Border) of National Highway No 4A in the state of Karnataka 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 Nat ional Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, and subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the “rules”), 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 16.150 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.960 km (having length of 0.196 km) and at one and half times of the base rate for bypasses having length of 13.654 km costing Rupees ten cror e or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below for the use of four and more lane of Belgaum -Khanapur Section of New National Highway Number 748 (Old NH -4A) from Design Chainage from kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 30.000 (Existing Chainage kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 30.800) in the State of Karnataka 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 ye ar 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 Mov ing 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 here under shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: TABLE -2 Location of Toll Plaza (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km. 19+200 (Existing Km. 19+662) of NH-748 near Ganebail Village in Belgaum District of Karnataka 16.150 km [excluding length of Bypass (costing > 10 Cr.) and length of Structures (>60m)] 100% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs. 10 c rore 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 the Bypass 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 (in Rs. Crore) At Km. 19+200 (Existing Km. 19+662) of NH -748 near Ganebail Village in Belgaum District of Karnataka Belgaum Km. 0+000 Km. 9+000 9.000 >10 Cr 150% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above Khanapur Km. 22+750 Km. 27+600 4.654 >10 Cr 3. In additional 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 Plazas, b y 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 -4 Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) Length of structures^ (in km) to be converted into equival ent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km. 19+200 (Existing Km. 19+662) of NH -748 near Ganebail Village in Belgaum District of Karnataka 0.196 1.960 100% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^ The details are as under: Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 23+102 23+178 ROB 0.076 2 26+780 26+900 Major Bridge 0.120 Total Structure Length which are > 60m 0.196 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person w ho owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purpose and resides within a distance of twenty kilometers from the toll plaza is Rs. 330/ - (Rupees Three Hundred and Thirty only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of said Fee 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 one -way journeys allowed Period of validity One and one -half times of th e 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 the date of payment 6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under national pe rmit) 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, cat egory 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 rules 12 of the said rules. 10. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007 -2008 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 sect ion 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 1013.45 crore. (The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting etc., are yet to be completed and the final capital cost w ill be notified separately). The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost throu gh user fee realised and after recovery 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/PIU -DWD/BGM -KNPR/TollNotification -Ganebail/E -220030] SUMAN PR ASAD 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.