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Notification under section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 read with the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 levying a user fee on mechanical vehicles for the Villupuram-Puducherry section of NH-45A (New NH 332) in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and authorising the National Highways Authority of India to collect it.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through notification S.O. 4385(E) dated 8th October 2024, referenced its earlier notification S.O. 2407(E) dated 27th May 2022, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), entrusting the stretch from Km 0.000 to Km 179.555 of New NH-332 (part of New NH-32/Old NH-45A), from its junction with NH-38 near Villupuram through Puducherry, Cuddalore, Chidambaram and Karaikal to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, to the National Highways Authority of India. Exercising powers under section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) read with the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, the Central Government levied a fee on mechanical vehicles for the four-or-more-lane Villupuram to Puducherry Section from design Km 0.000 to Km 29.000 (existing chainage Km 0.000 to Km 25.624) of NH-45A/New NH-332 in Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry, based on Table 1 base rates for base year 2007-08 ranging from Rs. 0.65 per km for cars/jeeps/vans to Rs. 4.20 per km for oversized vehicles with seven or more axles, applicable at 100 per cent of the base rate for a net road section length of 12.534 km at the fee plaza at Km 18+500 near Gangarampalayam village, Villupuram district, plus an additional fee at 150 per cent of the base rate for the 16.066 km Villupuram bypass costing Rs. 565.06 crore, and authorised the National Highways Authority of India to collect the fee itself or through a contractor.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-09102024-257792 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4024] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024/ASVINA 17, 1946 6517 GI/2024 [F. No. 11011/एनएच-45ए/02/खंड-10/2023/पीआईयू-पीडीवाई/2555/ई-234437] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th October, 2024 S.O. 4385(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.2407 (E) dated the 27th May 2022, 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. 179.555 (Design Ch) starting from its junction with NH-38 near Villuparuam-Puducherry-Cuddalore-Chidambaram- Karaikul (Pudecherry)-Nagapatinam of New NH-332 and part of New NH-32 (Old NH-45A) in the State of Tamil Nadu 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 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 vehicles at the rate specified in column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 12.534 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60 m) of 4.0 Km (having length of 0.40 km) (Table-4) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 16.066 km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below above for use of four or more lane of Villupuram to Puducherry Section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 29.000 (Existing chainage from Km. 0.000 to Km. 25.624) of National Highway number 45A (New NH 332) in the State of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry UT 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 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) of Earth Moving Equipment (EME) | 3.45 | | 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 | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | payable | | +==================================================================================+===================================================================================================================================================================================+===================================================================================================================================================================================+ | At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | 12.534 | 100% for four or more lane, of the | | (New NH-332) | (Excluding length of Bypass | base rate mentioned in Table-labove | | Gangarampalayam village in | (costing >10 Cr.) and length | | | Villupuram District of Tamil | of structures (>60m) | | | Nadu State | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable 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(s):- Table- 3 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of The | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee | | (Chainage) | Bypass | | | bypass for which | is payable | | | | | | additional fee is | | | | | | | payable | | | | | | | Length (in Cost (in Rs. | | | | | | | Km.) Crore) | | +==================================================================================+=======================+=====================+=====================+=============================================================================================================================+=================================================================================================================================+ | At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | Villupuram | Design Km | Design Km | 16.066 565.06 | 150% for four or | | (New NH-332) | bypass | 0.000 | 16.35 | | more lane, of the | | Gangarampalayam village in | | | | | base rate | | Villupuram District of Tamil | | | | | mentioned | | Nadu State | | | | | Table-labove | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Total [Excluding length of structure (>60m) | | | | 16.066 565.06 | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 3. 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 equalization factor of 10: - Table- 4 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is | | (Chainage) | to be converted into | (in km) | payable | | | equivalent road length | | | +==================================================================================+=================================================================================================+=============================================+====================================================================================================+ | At Km 18+500 of NH-45A | 0.40011^ | 4.0011 | 100% for four or | | (New NH-332) | | | more lane, of the base | | Gangarampalayam in | | | rate mentioned in | | Villupuram District of Tamil | | | Table-labove | | Nadu State | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: Chainage (Km) +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | Sl. No. | From | To | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | | | | | (4 Lane) | | +========+===========+===========+=============================+===============+ | 1 | 0+446.38 | 0+513.62 | ROB | 0.06724 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | 2 | 04+663.38 | 04+730.62 | ROB | 0.06724 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | 3 | 09+554.68 | 09+637.32 | Fly Over | 0.08264 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | 4 | 14+760.38 | 14+827.62 | ROB | 0.06724 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | 5 | 25+420.13 | 25+535.88 | ROB | 0.11575 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | TOTAL | | | | 0.40011 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------------+---------------+ 4. 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/- (Rupees Three Hundred Fourty Only) for the year 2024-25, and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: Table-5 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +======================================================================+=================================================+=====================================+ | One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of | | one way journey | | payment. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | payable for fifty single journey or | | | | more | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 6. 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. 7. 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-rule1A of rule10 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. 8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, and category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road, and etc. Shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 10. 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 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1507.66 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. 11011/NH-45A/02/Vol-10/2023/PIU-PDY/2555/E-234437] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR Dated by SRIVASTAVA Date: 20:24.10.09 23:20:30+0530

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