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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-09012025-260063
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 114]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2025/PAUSHA 17, 1946
184 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2025
S.O. 116(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 1392 (E) dated the 28th May 2014 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956
(48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the National highway No. 173 in the State of Karnataka to State
Government of Karnataka.
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 vehciles at the rate
specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length 30.875 Km [Table-2] [at sixty percent of the base
rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section], 14.588 Km [Table-2] [at hundred percent of the base rate for use
of four or more lane section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below for Mudigere-Kadur
section from Kilometer 24.600 to Kilometer 70.063 (Design chainage) of National Highway number 173 in the State
of Karnataka and authorises the National Highway Authority of India 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 |
| (1) | (in Rupees) |
+=================================================================+============================================================+
| Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle | (2) |
| | 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 Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | for which Fee is payable | |
+===========================================================+=======================================+==========================================================+
| At Km 54+650 to 55+050 | 30.875 | 60% for 2 lane with paved shoulder, of the base |
| (Design Ch.) -(Near Sakarayapatna | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Village, Chikkamagaluru Dist., | | |
| Karnataka State) | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| | 14.588 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base |
| | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
2.
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 kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs. 340.00 (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.
3.
For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: -
Table-3
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+================================================+================================================+================================---+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for fifty Single journeys | | |
+------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
4.
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.
5.
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 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.
6. 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.
7.
The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules.
8.
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
Highway 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.
9.
The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 324.11 Crore and the capital cost is subject to variation as
the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highways
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/BNG/NH-173/Km24-70/04/2017/E-229378]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA
GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.01.09 15:23:00 +0530