Publication of user fee notification

6324 GI/20 23 (1) रजजस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4182] NEW DEL HI, FRIDAY , OCTOBER 6, 2023/ ASVINA 14, 1945 CG-DL-E-06102023-249223 (1) (2) 0.000 23.883 287.400 21.686 688.50 2.197^ 100% 2 4.106 4.213 बड़े पुल 0.107 4 16.493 16.593 बड़े पुल 0.110 5 17.117 17.267 बड़े पुल 0.150 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 3rd October , 2023 S.O. 4353(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Minis try of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 78 (E) dated the 04th February 1999 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 ( 68 to 1988), the Central Gove rnment has entrusted Km. 0.0 to Km. 388.0 of Ajmer to Rajasth an/Gujarat Border section of National Highway No.8 in the state of Rajasthan 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 here by levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 21.970 Km. (having length of 2.197 Km.) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses h aving length of 21.686 Km. costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four or more lane of Udaipur Bypass from Design km . 0.000 to km . 23.883 (Connection between NH -76 at Existing Km. 118+ 500 at Debari to NH -8 at Km . 287+400 at Kaya Village) of National Highway number 48 (Old NH 8 ) in the State of Rajasthan 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 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 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 p ayable 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: — Table -2 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Name of the Bypass Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of bypass for which fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable Length (in Km.) Cost (in Rs. Crore) At Design Km 14.768 of NH-48 near Dakan Kothra village in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. Udaipur Bypass of NH -48 Design km 0.000 (existing Km. 118.500 of NH -76) Design Km. 23.883 (existing km 287.400 of NH -8) 21.686 688.50 150% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 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 (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 Design Km 14.768 of NH-48 near Dakan Kothra village in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. 2.197^ 21.970 100% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The detail is as under: Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km .) From Km . To Km . 1 0.731 1.136 Viaduct Cum ROB 0.405 2 4.106 4.213 Major Bridge 0.107 3 8.190 9.210 Viadu ct Cum ROB 1.020 4 16.493 16.593 Major Bridge 0.110 5 17.117 17.267 Major Bridge 0.150 6 22.971 23.376 Grade Separator Interchange 0.405 Total 2.197 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 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 hour s 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 ava ilable for use of such commercial vehicles. 6. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mechanical vehicle whi ch is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehi cle on the National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub -rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rul es, and shall not be entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehi cle. 7. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted vehicle s, 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 mechani cal vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the Authority on the basis of the completed length of the section and revise d 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 1342.01 crore . [The capital cost is subj ect to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost w ill be notified separately]. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery o f 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. NHAI/13013/CO/23 -24/Fee Notification/Udaipur Bypass (km. 0.000 to km. 23.833) /E-227322] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of Indi a Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Pub lished by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.