Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-09082024-256238 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3059] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2024/SHRAVANA 16, 1946 4997 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th August, 2024 S.O. 3209(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O 78 (E) dated 4th February 1999 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 0.000 to km 381.600 (Ahmedabad – Gujarat/Maharashtra Border Section) and from Km 381.600 to 502.270 (Gujarat/Maharashtra Border to Mumbai in state of Maharashtra) of National Highway No. 48 in the State of Gujarat 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 amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules") and in supersession of the notification bearing S.O NO. 403 (E) dated 5th February 2009, the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 (hereinafter referred to as “Base Rate”) for net road section length of 231.008 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 79.920 km (having length of 7.992 km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of Six lane section of Surat-Dahisar Section of NH-8 from km 263.000 to Km 502.000 in the State of Gujarat and Maharashtra and authorizes 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 | 3.45 | | Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | | +------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ 1.The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Fee Plaza(s) for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): Table 2 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +================================================================================================================+=============================================+================================================+ | At Design km 297.300 ( Existing km. 297.300) of NH-48 near village Boriach in Navsari District of Gujarat State | 52.493 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 356+200 (at Existing km. 356+200) of NH-48 near village Bhagwada in Valsad district of Gujarat State | 60.635 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 420+340 (at Existing km. 420+340) of NH-48 near village Charoti in Palghar district of Maharashtra State | 56.953 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 467+220 (at existing km. 467+200) of NH-48 near village Khaniwade in Palghar district of Maharashtra State | 60.927 | 100% 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 permanent bridges, structure and bypass having length more than 60 m at following fee plaza(s), by converting the length of structures into equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalisation factor of 10 as given below :- Table 3 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures^ (in km) to be converted into | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable | | | equivalent road length | | | +================================================================================================================+=========================================================+=============================================+================================================+ | At Design km 297.300 (Existing km. 297.300) of NH-48 near village Boriach in Navsari District of Gujarat State | 2.707^ | 27.07 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 356+200 (at Existing km. 356+200) of NH-48 near village Bhagwada in Valsad district of Gujarat State | 2.365^^ | 23.650 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 420+340 (at Existing km. 420+340) of NH-48 near village Charoti in Palghar district of Maharashtra State | 0.447^^^ | 4.470 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | At Design km 467+220 (at existing km. 467+200) of NH-48 near village Khaniwade in Palghar district of Maharashtra State | 2.473^^^^ | 24.730 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under:- +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +=========+===========+===========+===================+================+ | 1 | 266.240 | 266.310 | Major Bridge | 0.070 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 269.310 | 269.402 | Flyover | 0.092 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 271.639 | 271.728 | Major Bridge | 0.089 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 282.771 | 283.084 | Major Bridge | 0.313 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 5 | 284.610 | 285.745 | Flyover | 1.135 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 6 | 298.181 | 298.393 | Major Bridge | 0.212 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 7 | 300.360 | 300.455 | Flyover | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 8 | 308.785 | 308.944 | Flyover | 0.159 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 9 | 304.733 | 304.838 | Major Bridge | 0.105 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 10 | 306.560 | 306.655 | ROB | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 11 | 312.019 | 312.135 | Flyover | 0.116 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 12 | 316.160 | 316.306 | Major Bridge | 0.146 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 13 | 318.743 | 318.823 | Major Bridge | 0.080 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | | 2.707 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ ^^The details are as under:- +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +=========+===========+===========+===================+================+ | 1 | 327.178 | 327.260 | Major Bridge | 0.082 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 333.108 | 333.204 | Flyover | 0.096 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 335.808 | 335.984 | Major Bridge | 0.176 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 337.154 | 337.588 | Flyover | 0.434 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 5 | 338.354 | 338.420 | Major Bridge | 0.066 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 6 | 343.586 | 343.835 | Major Bridge | 0.249 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 7 | 353.040 | 353.135 | ROB | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 8 | 353.553 | 353.648 | Flyover | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 9 | 357.667 | 357.813 | Major Bridge | 0.146 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 10 | 363.194 | 363.606 | Flyover | 0.412 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 11 | 365.114 | 365.267 | Flyover | 0.153 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 12 | 367.787 | 368.053 | Major Bridge | 0.266 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 13 | 374.760 | 374.855 | Flyover | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | | 2.365 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ ^^^The details are as under:- +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +=========+===========+===========+===================+================+ | 1 | 393.344 | 393.456 | Flyover | 0.112 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 397.551 | 397.639 | Major Bridge | 0.088 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 417.920 | 417.983 | Major Bridge | 0.063 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 419.375 | 419.559 | Major Bridge | 0.184 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | | 0.447 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ ^^^^The details are as under:- +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +=========+===========+===========+===================+================+ | 1 | 442.992 | 443.236 | Major Bridge | 0.244 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 454.766 | 454.884 | Major Bridge | 0.118 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 470.018 | 470.188 | Major Bridge | 0.170 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 478.842 | 478.937 | Flyover | 0.095 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 5 | 489.543 | 489.627 | Major Bridge | 0.084 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 6 (a) | 496.189 | 496.745 | Major Bridge | 0.737 | | | | | (LHS-0.556) | | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 6 (b) | 495.868 | 496.786 | Major Bridge | | | | | | (RHS-0.918) | | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 7 | 499.588 | 500.613 | Flyover | 1.025 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | | 2.473 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ 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/- (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 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 rules 12 of the said rules. 9. Based on the Base rate of fee per km 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 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, each in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees. 781.66 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of Land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cuttings etc. The Authority shall maintain a record of recovery of Capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. NHAI/13013/CO/PIU-Surat/Surat-Dahisar/Revised/FeeNotification/2023 /E-234448] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.