Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-11062024-254657 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2131] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2024/JYAISHTHA 21, 1946 3474 GI/2024 [F.No. JRT/NHIDCL/GM/NGR-JRT/01/Pt-17/2023/E-224835] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th June, 2024. S. O. 2233(E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 539 (E) dated 17th February, 2015, issued under Section, the Central Government has entrusted the Numaligarh - Diburgarh Section from Km. 402.500 to Km. 583.420 of NH-37 in the State of Assam to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited. 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 vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 50.116 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.04 km (having length of 0.204 km) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 0.00 km costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Numaligarh to Jorhat section from design kilometer 403.200 to kilometer 454.240 (existing km 402.500 to km 453.000) of National Highway number 37 (old) including Dergaon Town section in the State of Assam and authorizes the National Highways Authority of India 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 | | (1) | for the base year 2007-08 (in Rupees) | | | (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 for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: - Table-2 +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable | | Plaza (Chainage) | which Fee is payable | | +===================================================+=========================================================+=====================================================+ | At km 424+500 of NH-37 | 50.116 [length of structures (> | 100% for four or more lanes of the base | | village | 60m)] | rates mentioned in the Table-1 above | | -Rangamati, Golaghat | | | | district of Assam | | | +---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 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 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-3 +---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee | Length of structures (in | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable | | Plaza (Chainage) | km) to be converted into | road length | | | | equivalent road length | (in km) | | +===================================================+=====================================================+=============================+=====================================================+ | At km 424+500 | 0.204^ | 2.04 | 100% for four or more lanes of the | | of NH-37 village | | | base rates mentioned in the Table-1 | | -Rangamati, Golaghat | | | above | | district of Assam | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | | Chainage | | Type of structure | Length (in km)| | +-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | No. | From km | To km | | | +=====+===========+==========+=================+===============+ | 1. | 403+578 | 403+782 | Major Bridge | 0.204 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | | | Total | | 0.204 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ 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. 340.00 (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 | Period of validity | | | way journeys allowed | | +=====================================================+=======================================================+=============================================+ | One and one-half times of | Two | Twenty four hours from the | | the fee for one way journey | | time of payment | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the | Fifty | One month | | fee payable for fifty single journeys | | 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 rule 12 of the said rules. 9. 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 will be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 2173.99 Crore (Numaligarh to Jorhat- 1718.63 Cr. & Dergaon Town- 455.36 Cr.). The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately. National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized. SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.