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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10012025-260127
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 151]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025/PAUSHA 19, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th January, 2025
S.O. 153(E). Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1053(E) dated 05.03.2024 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No. 63 in the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra;
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 sixty per cent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for the net road section length of 37.97 Km [Table 2] for two lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Asthamode-Tivatyal section from design kilometer 24.030 to kilometer 62.000 (existing km 24.080 to km 62.200) of National Highway number 63 in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:-
Table-1
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| Type of vehicle | Base rate of fee per km for the |
| | base year 2007-08 (in Rupees) |
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| (1) | (2) |
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| 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 | 3.45 |
| (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | |
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
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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
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| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | which Fee is payable | |
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| At Km/Ch. 33.000 of NH-63 | 37.97 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, |
| near/between Ajansonda village(s) in | | of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Latur district of State Maharashtra. | | above |
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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 (Three hundred and Forty Rupees) 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
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| Amount Payable | Maximum number of | Period of validity |
| | one way journeys | |
| | allowed | |
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| One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from the|
| one way journey | | time of payment |
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of |
| payable for fifty single journeys | | payment |
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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 commercial vehicles.
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 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.
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 Highways 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 Rs. 228.82 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 National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RO/MUM/2019-20/P-07/TOLL/E-241807/E-241807]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.