Publication of user fee notification

6385 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. 4217] NEW DEL HI, TUES DAY , OCTOBER 10, 2023/ ASVINA 18, 1945 CG-DL-E-11102023-249303 (1) (2) 60% 1 60.462 60.844 बड़ा पुल 0.382 2 81.327 81.399 बड़ा पुल 0.072 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 9th October , 2023 S.O. 4388(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transpor t and Highways number S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1 956), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway Number 753 situated within the State of Maharashtra to the State Go vernment 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 ref erred to as the “rules”), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in co lumn (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 2.70 km for use of four or more lane section and at 60% of the base rate for net road section length of 81.046 km and for equivalent structure length (having length of more than 60m) of 4.54 km (having length of 0.454 km) for use of two lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 bel ow of Mansar - Salaikhurd – Tirora from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 87.000 (Existing Km. 75.800 to Km. 163.200) of National Highway number 753 in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either thr ough 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 o r 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 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 Plaza (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At design Km. 60.500 of NH - 753 near Madagi Village, Taluka Tumsar, district - Bhandara in the State of Maharashtra. 81.046 km 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2.70 km 100% for four or more lane section, at the base 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 60m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting t he 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 design Km. 60.500 of NH-753 near Madagi Village, Taluka Tumsar, district - Bhandara in the State of Maharashtra. 0.454 km^ 4.54 km 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates m entioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length(in km) From Km To Km 1 60.462 60.844 Major Bridge 0.382 2 81.327 81.399 Major Bridge 0.072 Total 0.454 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 Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the p rovisions 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 o f 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 Nat ional 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 ava ilable 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 vehi cle 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 vehi cle. 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 mecha nical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways A uthority 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 l east one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimate d capital cost of the project is Rupees 748.94 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are y et 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 accordanc e with the said rules. [F. No. RO/MUM/P -1201/2022 -23/E -215630 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printi ng at Government of Indi a Press, Ring R oad, Maya puri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.