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Notification levying a user fee on mechanical vehicles for the Jalgaon-Bhadgaon section of National Highway NH 753J in Maharashtra under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, via S.O. 3913(E) dated 1st September 2023, exercising powers under 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, levies fee on mechanical vehicles for use of the Jalgaon-Bhadgaon section of NH 753J from design km 4.000 to km 56.200 in Maharashtra, referencing an earlier entrustment notification S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021 issued under Section 5 of the Act to the Maharashtra State Government; it authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect the fee, sets a Fee Plaza at Km 36.400 near Hadsan village, Taluka Pachora, District Jalgaon, with base rates per vehicle category for base year 2007-08 (e.g. Rs 0.65/km for cars, Rs 4.20/km for oversized vehicles), a monthly pass rate of Rs 330 for local non-commercial vehicle owners within 20 km for 2023-24, structure-length equalisation and multi-journey pass rates, a 50% fee discount for local commercial vehicles absent a service road, and an estimated capital cost of Rupees 307.54 crore subject to revision; it is filed under number RO/MUM/P-1203/2017-18/Toll/E-224429 and signed by Suman Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary.

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5674 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. 3751] NEW DEL HI, MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 4 , 2023/ BHADRA 13, 1945 CG-DL-E-05092023-248553 (1) (2) 60% 0.09 0.1 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st September , 2023 S.O. 3 913(E).—Whereas by notification of the Gove rnment of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of National Highway No. 753J [excluding Nandgaon, Hishaval to Manmad section under BOT project of State Government of Maharashtra] situated within the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra; 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 on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 3.775 km [for the use of four and more lane section] and 48.235 km [at sixty per cent of the base rate fo r use of two lane with paved shoulder section] and for equivalent structure length (having length of more than 60m) of 1 km. (having length of 0.1km.) [at hundred per cent of the base rate for use of four and more lane section] and 0.9 km. (having length o f 0.09 km.) [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Jalgaon -Bhadgaon section from design kilometer 4.000 to kilometer 56.200 (Existing Km. 4.000 to 56.550) of National Highway number NH 753J in the state of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India 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 Const ruction 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 36.400 of NH -753J near Hadsan village, Taluka Pachora, District Jalgaon in the State of Maharashtra. 3.775 100% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 48.235 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be d ue 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 fa ctor of 10: - Table -3 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 36.400 of NH - 753J near Hadsan village, Taluka Pachora, Dist rict Jalgaon in the State of Maharashtra. 0.09 km^ 0.9 km 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 0.1 km^ 1 km 100% for four and above lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details ar e as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 41.767 41.857 2L+PS Major Bridge 0.09 2 47.836 47.936 4L Major Bridge 0.1 3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non -comm ercial purposes and resides within a distance of twenty kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs. 330 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 4. For multi ple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table -4 Amount Payable Maximum number of one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and one -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 5. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fe e 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 National Highways Authority of India 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 307.54 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 will be notified separately]. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a rec ord of the recovery of capital cost through 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. RO/MUM/ P -1203/2017 -18/To ll/E-224429 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Sec y. 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.

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