Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-06112024-258481 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4437] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024/KARTIKA 14, 1946 7175 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th October, 2024 S.O. 4818(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1508(E) dated 14th May 2020 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 45.878 (Aurad to Bidar section) of National Highway No. 161A 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 (hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the 60% of rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 45.210 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 3.250 km (having length of 0.325 km,Table-3) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulders of Aurad to Bidar section from design kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 45.535 (existing kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 45.878) of National Highway number 161A 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 feeper 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 | 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 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 | Rate at which fee is payable | | | payable | | +================================================+======================================+=======================================================+ | At Km.24.400 of NH-161A near Mustapur village | 45.210 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base | | in Bidar District of Karnataka State | [Excluding length of structures | rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | | (>60m)] | | +------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 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 | Length of structures (in km) to be | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | converted into equivalent road length | length (in km) | | +================================================+================================================+======================================+=======================================================+ | At Km.24.400 of NH-161A | 0.325^ | 3.250 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base | | near Mustapur village in Bidar | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | District of Karnataka State | | | | +------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: Chainage +---------+----------+--------------------+----------------+ | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | +=========+==========+====================+================+ | 32.618 | 32.943 | Major Bridge | 0.325 | +---------+----------+--------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | 0.325 | +---------+----------+--------------------+----------------+ 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.340.000 (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 4. For multiple 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 | One month from date of payment | | fifty Single journeys | | | +-------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 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 kilometre for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned inTable-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. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 357.31 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. NHAI/PIU-GLB/NH-161A/2023-24//E-241076] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 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