Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12082024-256274 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3083] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2024/SHRAVANA 18, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th August, 2024 S.O. 3237(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1035(E) dated the 07th May 2010 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 ( 68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted Khagaria-Bhakhtiyarpur-Purnea Section from Kilometre 153.300 to Kilometre 410.000 of National Highway Number 31 in the State of Bihar 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 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 at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 6.200 Kilometre and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 10.500 Kilometre (having length of 1.050 Kilometre) and at one and one half times of the base rate for bypasses having length of 37.350 Kilometre costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four or more lane of Bakhtiyarpur-Mokama section from design kilometer 153.300 to kilometer 197.900 (existing Kilometre. 153.300 to Kilometre. 204.741 of NH-31) of National Highway number 31 in the State of Bihar and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, namely:- TABLE-1 +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+ | Type of vehicle | (2) | | | Base rate of fee per Kilometre for the base year 2007-08 (in Rupees) | +===================================================================================================+========+ | 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) | 3.45 | | (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 namely: - TABLE-2 +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in Kilometre) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +=============================================================+=================================================================================================+=======================================================================================+ | At Design Kilometre 178.700 at Biharibigha Village of Patna | 6.200 [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | District in Bihar State. | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs 10 crore 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 Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length (in Kilometre.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | Rate at which fee is payable | +=================================================================+=================================================+=====================================+=====================================+==========================+===========================+================================================================================================================+ | At Design Kilometre 178.700 at Biharibigha Village of Patna | Bakhtiyarpur-Mokama Bypass of NH - 34 | Design Kilometre 153.300 | Design Kilometre 191.700 | 37.350 | 822.23 | 150% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | District in Bihar State. | | (existing Kilometre 153.300) | (existing Kilometre 198.700) | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+--------------------------+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 Kilometre) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (in Kilometre) | Rate at which fee is payable | +=================================================================+===================================================================================+=============================================+=======================================================================================+ | At Design Kilometre 178.700 at Biharibigha Village of Patna | 1.050^ | 10.500 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | District in Bihar State. | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The detail is as under +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | | Chainage | Type of Structure| Length (in Kilometre) | | | +-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | | From Kilometre | To Kilometre | | | +===========+===================+==================+===================+========================+ | 1 | 153.850 | 154.010 | Viaduct | 0.160 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | 2 | 154.010 | 154.090 | ROB | 0.080 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | 3 | 154.090 | 154.264 | Viaduct | 0.174 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | 4 | 154.264 | 154.388 | ROB | 0.124 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | 5 | 154.388 | 154.900 | Viaduct | 0.512 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ | Total | | | | 1.050 | +-----------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------------+ 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 (Rupees 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 journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: Table-5 +-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 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 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ 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 rule 12 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 project is Rupees 1597.42 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/13013/CO/FeeNotification/Bakhtiyarpur-MokamaSection(Kilometre 153.300-Kilometre 197.900)/ E-234105] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAW Date: 2004.08.12 11:31:44+0530