Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3(ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd October, 2023 S.O. 4338(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 2247(E) dated 28th September, 2011 & S.O. 4529(E) dated 18th December, 2019 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from kilometer 92.000 to kilometer 170.000 (Ludhiana-Talwandi Section) & kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 92.000 (Kharar-Samrala Chowk-MC limit section) of NH-95 in the State of Punjab to National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority"); [Paragraphs 1-4 set out the fee determination rules, base rate schedule and Tables 1-3 specifying category-wise fee rates per kilometre for the section; these are followed by the provisions below.] Table-4 Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way journeys allowed | Period of validity One and 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 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 National Highways Authority of India on the basis of 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 for Pkg-1 is Rupees 89.89 crore & Pkg-2 is Rupees 625.53 Crore (Total Rupees 715.42 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 final capital cost will be notified separately. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record 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 rule 5 of the said rules and shall be published in at least one newspaper, in English and local language. [F. No. 200/NHAI/PIU/LDH/2022/Lud-Tal/User Fee Notification/E-206433] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.