Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11032025-261558 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1119] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025/PHALGUNA 20, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th March, 2025 S.O. 1132(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1192(E) dt. 03/12/2001 and number S.O. 465 (E) dated the 26th April, 2002 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretches from km 143.00 to km 160.00 (Gondal-Ribda section) and from Km. 0.00 to 143.00 and 160.00 to Km. 217.00 (Porbandar-Rajkot-Bamanbore Section) of National Highway no. 8B respectively in the State of Gujarat to the National Highways Authority of India referred to as the “Authority"); And whereas, the Authority was entered into an agreement with West Gujarat Expressway Limited, having its registered office at The IL&FS Financial Centre, Plot C-22, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai-400051 (hereinafter referred to as the “Concessionaire") for widening of the existing stretch from Km. 117.00 to Km. 143.00 (Jetpur-Gondal Section), and from Km. 175.00 to km. 185.00 (Rajkot bypass) from two lane to four lane and making improvement in the existing four lane stretch from km. 143.00 to km. 175.00 (Gondal-Rajkot Section), of the national highway number 8B (NH 8B) and Operation and Maintenance of the said section on BoT(Toll). And whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highways (Collection of Fees by any Person for the user of Section of the National Highways/Permanent Bridge/Temporary Bridge on National Highways), Rules 1997, and rule 3 of the National Highways (Rate of Fee), Rules, 1997, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.O. 1725 (E), dated the 6th October, 2006, except as respects things done or omitted to be done such supersession the Central Government, by notification of the Government of India vide S.O. No. 1083(E), dated 05.05.2008, authorized Concessionaire for collect and retain fees on and from the date of Commercial operation or publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, whichever is later: and till the termination date. And whereas, the BoT (Toll) Concession Agreement was foreclosed on account of termination of BoT Concession Agreement by the Authority and Eventually, the said section has been taken over by Authority on 01.04.2022 from Concessionaire, after order of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi Dt. 30.03.2022, upon taken over the said section, NHAI is continuing the user fee collection as per provision of Concession Agreement/Fee Notification issued vide S.O. No. 1083(E), dated 05.05.2008. However, w.e.f. date of publication of this fee notification, NHAI shall collect user fee as per provisions under this fee notification, superseding the notification bearing No. S.O. 1083 (E) dated 05.05.2008. Now, the said stretch has already been taken up for widening upto six laning on Public Funded Mode, 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, the Central Government, hereby notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees at 75% of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 66.28715 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 11.1285 km (having length of 1.11285 km (Table-3) during construction period without annual revision and at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 65.18715 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 22.1285 km (having length of 2.21285 km (Table-3) after completion of six laning, for use of four or more lane sections on the type of vehicles specified in Table 1 below, 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) 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, at the base rate mentioned in Table 1 above, for the distance specified for such Fee Plaza(s), namely: - Table-2 +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza | During Construction period | After Completion of six laning | | | | (chainage) | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee | | | which Fee is | | which Fee is | is payable | | | payable | | payable | | +===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+ | At Km 120.700 (Existing | 33.700 | 75% of the base rates | 33.700 | 100% for four or | | Km 120.700) of NH-27 | [Excluding length | mentioned in Table 1 above | [Excluding length | more lane, of the | | near Pithadiya village in | of Structures | without annual revision | of Structures | base | | Rajkot District of Gujarat | (>60m)] | | (>60m)] | rates mentioned in | | | | | | Table 1 above | +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | At Km 156.800 (Existing | 32.58715 | 75% of the base rates | 31.48715 | 100% for four or | | Km 156.800) of NH-27 | [Excluding length | mentioned in Table 1 above | [Excluding length | more lane, of the | | near Bharudi in Rajkot | of Structures | without annual revision | of Structures | base | | District of Gujarat | (>60m)] | | (>60m)] | rates mentioned in | | | | | | Table 1 above | +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ 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 60 m 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-3 +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee | During Construction period | After Completion of six laning | | | | | Plaza (Chainage) | Length of | Equivalent | Rate at which | Length of | Equivalent | Rate at which | | | structures (in | road length | fee is payable | structures (in | road length | fee is payable | | | km) to be | (in km) | | km) to be | (in km) | | | | converted into | | | converted into | | | | | equivalent road | | | equivalent road | | | | | length | | | length | | | +===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+ | At Km 156.800 | | | | | | 100% for four | | (Existing Km | 1.11285* | 11.1285* | 75% of the base | 2.21285** | 22.1285 | or more lane of | | 156.800) of NH-8E | | | rates mentioned | | | the base rates | | (Ext.) near Bharudi | | | in Table 1 above | | | mentioned in | | in Rajkot District of | | | without annual | | | Table-1 above | | Gujarat | | | revision | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ *The details are as under: - +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ | Sr. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in km)| | No. | From Km | To Km | | | +=======+==========+==========+=====================+===============+ | 1 | 165.450 | 165.550 | Flyover | 0.100¹ | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ | 2 | 174.510 | 175.350 | Flyover | 0.8400¹ | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ | 3 | 178.051575 | 178.132425 | Major Bridge | 0.08085³ | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ | 4 | 179.346 | 179.438 | Major Bridge | 0.09200³ | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ | | | | Total Structure Length which are > 60m | 1.11285 | +-------+----------+----------+---------------------+---------------+ **The details are as under: - +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | Sr. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in km)| | No. | From Km | To Km | | | +=======+=============+=============+=====================+=============+ | 1 | 165.450 | 165.550 | Flyover | 0.100¹ | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 2 | 172.200 | 173.300 | Elevated Structure | 1.100¹ | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 3 | 174.510 | 175.350 | Flyover | 0.8400³ | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 4 | 178.051575 | 178.132425 | Major Bridge | 0.08085³ | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | 5 | 179.346 | 179.438 | Major Bridge | 0.09200 | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ | | | | Total Structure Length which are > 60m | 2.21285 | +-------+-------------+-------------+---------------------+-------------+ 1- The structure is already constructed & retained in widening to 6 laning of subject stretch. 3- The structure is currently having 4 lane deck width & it is proposed under 6 laning of the subject stretch. 3. No user fee shall be levied for the delayed period between the Scheduled date of completion (910 days from the Appointed Date) and the date of actual completion of the project, if it is delayed. For the purposes of this rule, any provisional completion of the project shall not be treated as completion of the project. 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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 340.000 (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. 5. For multiple journey on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table 4 +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Amount payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +===================================================+===================================================+===================================================+ | 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 | Fifty | One month from the date of | | single journeys or more | | payment | +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ 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 prescribed 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-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. 8. 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. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said rules. 10. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometre for the base year 2007-2008 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 1815.81 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/2018/Raj-Gon./Jet/Toll/Vol.01/F--/D-1116Dated17.09.2021/E-236373) KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.