Publication of user fee notification

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05062024-254563 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2100] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024/JYAISHTHA 15, 1946 3397 GI/2024 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 4th June, 2024 S.O. 2202(E).—Whereas the Central Government vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 910 (E), dated 21-04-2010, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), hereinafter referred to as said Act, entrusted the stretch from Km. 6.000 to Km. 171.00 of Indore-Gujarat/Madhya Pradesh border section of National Highway No. 59 in the State of Madhya Pradesh to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority); And whereas, pursuant to the powers conferred by section 14 of the said Act, the Authority has entered into an agreement 22-02-2010 (hereinafter referred to as said agreement) with M/s IVRCL Indore Gujarat Tollways Ltd., having its registered office M-22/3RT, Vijaya Nagar Colony, Hyderabad-500057, India (hereinafter referred to as the "Concessionaire"), for the bid submitted on 25-11-2009 for the development of Indore-Gujarat/MP border section from km 9.500 to km 171.000 on National Highway No. 59 (hereinafter referred to as the "said section") to four lane standards and operation and maintenance of the said section on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis; Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A 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 published vide GSR 838 (E) dated 05-12-2008 (hereinafter referred to as the “Rules”), the Central Government, having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance, management and operation of the said section, interest on the capital invested, reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of the agreement entered into between the authority and the concessionaire, notified S.O. 2168 E dated 16.07.2013 for levy of fee for the stretch from Km. 6.000 to Km. 171.00. Whereas, later on Authority descoped 16.09 KM length (from Km. 106.210 to 115.250 (Start and end point of Bird Sanctuary), Km. 121.740 to Km. 127.140 (Machaliya Ghat Section) and Forest portion km. 149.800 to km. 150.850, km. 158.250 to km. 158.850) from the scope of the BOT concessionaire and hence in supersession to the earlier fee notification no. S.O. 2168 E dated 16.07.2013 the earlier fee notification is revised as follows. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A 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 published vide GSR 838 (E) dated 05-12-2008 (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), the Central Government, having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance, management and operation of the said section, interest on the capital invested, reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of the agreement entered into between the authority and the concessionaire, hereby notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees on mechanical vehicles for the use of the said section at the rate specified in columns (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 101.33 Km for use of the four and more lane sections (hereinafter referred to as “base rate") and at the base rates specified in the Table No. 2 for 4 numbers of Bypasses having an aggregate length of 37.58 Km on the Type of Vehicles specified in Table 1 and 2 below, and authorizes the said Concessionaire to collect and retain the fee on and from the date of Commercial Operation (COD) declared by the Authority and on getting the Completion Certificate or the Provisional Certificate, as the case may be, from the Authority or publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, whichever is later, till the termination date as specified in the agreement.; 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 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or | 3.45 | | Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (Three to six axles) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ Table 2 +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------+ | Cost of Bypasses | Car, Jeep, | Light Commercial | Truck or | HCM,EME | Over- | | (Rupees in Crore) | Van or Light | VehicleLight Goods | Bus | Vehicle or | or MAV | | sized | Vehicle | | Motor | Mini Bus | | | Vehicle | | | Vehicle | | | +=====================================+=====================================+===================================+===================================+=====================================+================+ | 10 to 15 | 5 | 7.50 | 15 | 22 | 30 | +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------+ | For the additional Rupees | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | 4.50 | 6 | | five Crore or part thereof, | | | | | | | exceeding Rupees fifteen | | | | | | | Crore and up to Rupees one | | | | | | | hundred Crore. | | | | | | +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------+ | For every additional | 0.75 | 1.15 | 2.25 | 3.40 | 4.50 | | Rupees Five Crore or part | | | | | | | thereof, exceeding Rupees | | | | | | | one hundred Crore and upto | | | | | | | Rupees two hundred Crore. | | | | | | +-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+----------------+ 1. The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Toll Plaza for the distance specified for such Toll Plaza(s): +-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza(s) (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | +===============================================+=======================================+ | At Km. 34.450 near village Metwada | 56.680 | | in Dist. Indore | | +-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | At Km. 118.650 near village Dattigaon Junapani in dist. | 44.650 | | Dhar | | +-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following Bypasses at the base rates specified in Table-2 above at the following Toll Plaza(s): +------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza(s) | Length (in km) and Cost of bypasses(in Rupees Crore) for which additional fee is | | (chainge) | payable | +------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Name | Length | Cost | +================================================+=============================================================+ | At Km. 34.450 near village Metwada in Dist. Indore | Ghattabilod and Labed| 7.20 | 78.90 | +------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | | Dhar & Thirla | 13.62 | 73.40 | +------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | At Km. 118.650 near village Dattigaon Junapani in | Sardarpur Rajgarh | 7.71 | 75.80 | | Dist. Dhar | | | | +------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | | Jhabua | 9.05 | 71.70 | +------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+---------------------------------------------+ 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 kilometers from the toll plaza is Rs.340.000 (Three Hundred Fourty Rupees) for the year 2024-25, which is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. 4. For multiple journey on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates namely: +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way journeys | Period of validity | | | allowed | | +=================================================+=============================================+==============================================+ | One and half times one | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of the | | way | | fee for of payment | | journey | | | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty or more | One month from date of | | payable for fifty or more single | | payment | | journeys | | | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ 5. Mechanical vehicles which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category under the Rules, shall be liable to pay fee at such rates which is applicable for the next higher category of the vehicles and shall not be entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle. 6. 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 Rules. 7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules. 8. Based on the Base rate of fee per km. for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table-1 & 2, the actual amount of fee to be charged from mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the Authority on the basis of the completed portion of the length of the Project Highway. The same shall be got published by the Authority through the Concessionaire in at least one newspaper, each in English and vernacular language and thereafter revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and provisions of the Concession Agreement provided that no revision shall be effected within a period of six months from the date of the preceding revision of fee. [F. No. NHAI/PIU-IND/Tech./Ind-Guj/TollFeeNotification/2021-22/E-233660] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.