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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11112024-258574
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4492]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th October, 2024
S.O. 4873 (E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways S.O. 3460 (E) dated 01.10.2020 & S.O. 3258 (E) dated 12.08.2024 issued under Section 11 of the
National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from
starting of its junction with NH-07 near Malout and upto Punjab/Haryana border near Dabwali of New NH-09 &
from km 20.500 to km 344.170 (Fazilka-Abohar-Malout-Bathinda-Barnala-Sangrur-Patiala-Zirakpur) of NH-07
respectively to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority");
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48
of1956), read with rule3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008
(hereinafter referred to as the "rules") and in supersession of notification of the Government of India in the Ministry
of Road Transport and Highways S.O. 492 (E) dated 31.01.2023, the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the
rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road length of 22.406 km [Table-2] (excluding length of structures
having length >60m) and for equivalent structure length (having more than 60m) of 5.810 km (having length of
0.581 km[Table-4]) and at one and half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 24.463 km [Table-03]
(excluding length of structures having length >60m) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles
specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of four or more lane of Malout-Mandi Dabwali section
(including Malout & Mandi Dabwali Bypasses) from design km 35+500 to km 44+500 of National Highway no. 07
and from design km 0+000 to km 38+450 of National Highway no. 09 in the state of Punjab & Haryana 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 year2007-08 (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) | 4.2 |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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 (design chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | payable | |
+=============================================+==============================================+==================================+
| At Km/Ch. 11+150 of NH-09 near/between | 22.406 [Excluding length of | 100% for four or more lane, of |
| Abul Khurana village(s) in Sri Muktsar Sahib| Bypass (costing 10 Cr.) and length | the base rates mentioned inTable-|
| district of Punjab | of structures (+60m)] | 1 above |
+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of bypasses costing Rs. 10 Cr. or
more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza:-
TABLE-3
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass for | Rate at which |
| | Bypass | | | which additional fee is payable | fee Is payable |
| | | | | Length (in Km. Cost in Rs. | |
| | | | | [Excluding length of| Crore) | |
| | | | | structures >60m] | | |
+================================================+=================+=============+=============+====================================================+================+
| At Km/Ch. | Malout bypass | Design Km. | Design Km. | | 150% for four |
| 11+150 of NH-09 near Abul Khurana village in Sri| of NH-07 & | 44+500 (NH- | 7+000 (NH-09) | 15.655 216.21 | or more lane of|
| Muktsar Sahib district of Punjab | NH-09 | 07) | | | the base rates |
| | | | | | mentioned in |
| | Mandi | Design Km. | Design Km. | | Table-1 above |
| | Dabwali | 29+500 (NH- | 38+450 (NH- | 8.808 120.95 | |
| | bypass of NH-09 | 09) | 09) | | |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Total Length | | | | 24.463 | |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------+
3. 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 equalisation factor of 10:
TABLE-4
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures* (in km) to be converted into equivalent| Equivalent Road Length (in Km)| Rate at Which fee is payable |
| | road length (km) | | |
+=============================================+=============================================================+=============================+====================================+
| At Km/Ch. 11+150 of NH-09 near Abul Khurana | 0.581 | 5.810 | 100% for four or more lane of |
| village in Sri Muktsar Sahib district of | | | the base rates mentioned in |
| Punjab | | | Table-1 above |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------------+
*Details of Structure having length more than 60m is as under
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| Sr. No. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km.) |
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+=========+====================+====================+===================+==================+
| 1 | 40+909 (NH-07) | 40+981 (NH-07) | Flyover | 0.072 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 2 | 38+971 (NH-07) | 39+038 (NH-07) | Flyover | 0.067 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 3 | 35+545 (NH-07) | 0+044 (NH-09) | Flyover | 0.089 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 4 | 2+815 (NH-09) | 2+932 (NH-09) | ROB | 0.117 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 5 | 14+881 (NH-09) | 14+975 (NH-09) | Major bridge | 0.094 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 6 | 34+475 (NH-09) | 34+548 (NH-09) | ROB | 0.073 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| 7 | 36+025 (NH-09) | 36+094 (NH-09) | Flyover | 0.069 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
| Total length | | | | 0.581 |
+---------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------+
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 kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.340 (Rupees Three Hundred Forty only) for
the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision very year as per the provisions of the said rules.
5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:-
TABLE-5
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way Journeys | Period of validity |
| | allowed | |
+================================================+========================================+====================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time |
| journey | | of payment |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys. | | |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
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 specified 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 rule12 of the said rules.
10. 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 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 projects is Rupees is Rs. 1012.815 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 realized.
[F. No. NHAI/PIU/1516/MDB/TollFeeNotification/E-241277]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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