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Notification levying and authorising collection of user fee by the National Highways Authority of India for the four-laned Hassan-Maranahally Section of NH-75 in Karnataka.

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By S.O. 4791(E) dated 28 October 2024, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in exercise of 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, and referencing the entrustment of the stretch to the National Highways Authority of India under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988) vide S.O. 2333(E) dated 8 July 2016, levies user fee on the Hassan-Maranahally Section of NH-75 (old NH-48) from Design Chainage Km 184+912 to Km 230+060 (Existing Chainage Km 189+700 to Km 237+000) in Karnataka, covering a net road length of 36.88 km, a bypass length of 8.05 km costing Rs 10 crore or more, and structures exceeding 60m totalling 2.180 km equivalent road length, with base-year (2007-08) per-km rates ranging from Rs 0.65 for cars/jeeps/vans to Rs 4.20 for oversized seven-or-more-axle vehicles, a toll plaza at Km 193+020 near Chowlagere Village in Hassan District, a monthly local-resident pass of Rs 340 for 2024-2025, and an estimated project capital cost of Rs 1021.57 crore; the notification is signed by Kamlesh Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary (F. No. NHAI/PIU-HSN/HSN-MRN/TollNotification/E-238206).

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05112024-258451 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4410] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2024/KARTIKA 13, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 28th October, 2024 S.O. 4791(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways S.O.2333 (E), dated 08.07.2016 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from km 189.5 to km 237.00 and from km 263.00 to km 328.00 for section from Bangalore to Mangalore of NH-75 (old NH-48) 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 National 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 at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 36.88 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.180 km (having length of 0.218 km, Table-4) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 8.05 km (Table-3) costing Rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below for use of four lane of the Hassan-Maranahally Section of NH-75 from Design Chainage Km. 184+912 to Km. 230+060 (Existing Chainage Km. 189+700 – Km. 237+000) in the State of Karnataka and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:- Table 1 +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Type of Vehicle | Base rate of fee per km for the | | | base year 2007-08 (in Rupees) & | | | 2011 | +=============================================================+===================================+ | (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 | 3.45 | | 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 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. 193+020 (Existing Km. 197+900) of NH-75 near Chowlagere | 36.88 [excluding length of Bypass (costing > 10 Cr.) and length of Structures (>60m)] | 100% for four or more lane, of | | Village in Hassan District of Karnataka | | 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 crore 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| Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass for | Rate at which fee is payable | | | Bypass | Off | | which additional fee is payable | | | | | | +-----------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | | Length (in km) | Cost (in Rs. | | | | | | | | Crore) | | +===============================================================+============+===========+=============+=================+===============+===================================+ | At Km. 193+020 (Existing Km. 197+900) of NH-75 near Chowlagere| Palya | Km. | Km. 199+940 | 1.22 | 12.51 | 150% for four or more lane, of | | Village in Hassan District of Karnataka | | 198+720 | | | | the base rates mentioned in | | | Ballupete | Km. | Km. 207+400 | 1.55 | 19.26 | Table-1 above | | | | 205+850 | | | | | | | Sakleshpura| Km. | Km. 220+000 | 5.28 | 102.37 | | | | | 214+570 | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+ | Total length of Bypass (excluding the length of Structure | | | | 8.05 | | | | >60m) | | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------------------+ 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, 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-4 +---------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of structures* (in km) to | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is | | | be converted into equivalent road | length (in km) | payable | | | length | | | +===============================================================+===================================+==========================+===================================+ | At Km. 193+020 (Existing Km. 197+900) of NH-75 near Chowlagere| 0.218 | 2.180 | 100% for four or more lane, of | | Village in Hassan District of Karnataka | | | 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 | 187+370 | 187+438 | Major Bridge Yagachi | 0.068 | | 2 | 218+385 | 218+535 | Major Bridge Hemavathi | 0.150 | +-----+------------+------------+-------------------------+-------------+ | | | Total Structure Length which are > 60m| 0.218 | +-----+------------+------------+-------------------------+-------------+ 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purpose and resides within a distance of twenty kilometers from the toll plaza is Rs. 340/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024-2025 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 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 | Fifty | One month from the date of payment | | 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 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 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 1021.57 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-HSN/HSN-MRN/TollNotification/E-238206] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, 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. SARVESH KUMAR DAY SARVESH SRIVASTAVA Date: 2024.11.05 19:55:09 +0530

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