Publication of user fee notification

5740 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3804] NEW DEL HI, WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 6, 2023/ BHADRA 15, 194 5 CG-DL-E-11092023-248627 (1) (2) 2 165+141 165+215 4 लेन बड़ा पुल 0.074 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFI CATION New Delhi, the 6th September , 2023 S.O. 3 966(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of NH -753J [excluding Nandgaon, Hishaval to Manmad section under BOT project of State Government of Maharashtra] within 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 on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 11.566 km [for the use of four or more lane section] and 37.99 km [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] and for equivalent structure length (having length of more than 60m) of 0.74 km. (having length of 0.074km.) [at hundred per cent of the base rate for use of four or more lane section] and 1 km. (having length of 0.1km.) [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Chalisgaon -Nandgaon -Manmad section from design kilometer 103.000 to kilometer 168.800 (Existing Km. 102.800 to 169.940) of National Highway number NH 753J 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, 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 Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) 3.45 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 Fe e Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: - Table -2 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km 129+700 of NH -753J near Pimparkhed village, Taluka Nandgaon, Distric t Nashik in the State of Maharashtra. 11.566 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 37.99 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the followi ng 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 equalisation factor of 10: - Table -3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km 129+700 of NH -753J near Pimparkhed v illage, Taluka Nandgaon, District Nashik in the State of Maharashtra. 0.100km^ 1 km 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 0.074km^ 0.74 km 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Ta ble-1 above ^The details are as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km .) From Km . To Km . 1 134+220 134+320 2L+PS Major Bridge 0.100 2 165+141 165+215 4L Major Bridge 0.074 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. 330 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provi sions 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 one -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 Nati onal 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 owne r 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 th e 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 Highway s 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. 10. The esti mated capital cost of the project is Rupees 459.63 crore. [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]. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised and after recovery of the capital cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accor dance with the said rules. [F. No. RO/MUM/Chalisgaon -Nandgaon/P -1221/Toll/E -197809] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.