Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05032024-252595 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 970] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024/PHALGUNA 14, 1945 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th March, 2024 S.O. 1015(E). —Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 2530 (E) dated the 25th July 2017 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch the entire NH of National Highway No. 333B in the state of Bihar 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"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at 60% of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 13.123 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 53.140 km (having length of 5.314 km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of two lane with paved shoulder of entire NH 333B (the highway starting from its junction with NH-33 at Munger and terminating at its junction with NH No. 31 at Khagaria in the State of Bihar) of National Highway number 333B in the State of Bihar 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 | 1.05 | | or Mini Bus | | | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth | 3.45 | | Moving 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 road length specified for such Fee Plaza namely: - Table-2 +--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | payable | | +============================================+=====================================================+====================================================+ | At Design km 1.400 | 13.123 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders of | | at Malhipur Village | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 | the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | of Begusarai District | Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] | | | in Bihar State. | | | +--------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ 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 equalisation factor of 10: - Table-3 +--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures^ (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | to be converted into equivalent | length (in km) | | | | road length | | | +============================================+==============================================+=========================+====================================================+ | At Design km 1.400 | 5.314^ | 53.140 | 60% for two lane with paved | | at Malhipur Village | | | shoulders of the base rates mentioned | | of Begusarai District | | | in Table-1 above | | in Bihar State. | | | | +--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ ^The detail is as under: +---+-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ | | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | | +-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +===+===========+==================+===========================+=================+ | 1 | 8.605 | 9.394 | Viaduct Munger End | 0.789 | +---+-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ | 2 | 9.394 | 13.314/0.075 | Main Rail cum Road Bridge | 3.920 | | | (Munger | (Khagaria End) | | | | | End) | | | | +---+-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ | 3 | 0.075 | 0.680 | Viaduct Khagaria End | 0.605 | +---+-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ | | | Total | | 5.314 | +---+-----------+------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+ 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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 330.000 (Three Hundred and Thirty Only) for the year 2023-24 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 for one | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of payment | | way journey | | | +------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | 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. 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 1510.78 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 realised. [F. No. NHAI/13013/CO/23-24/Fee Notification/NH-333B/Malhipur Fee Plaza/E-228415] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.