Publication of user fee notification

1874 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1253] NEW DELHI, WEDNES DAY , MARCH 1 3, 2024 /PHALGUNA 23, 1945 CG-DL-E-13032024-252942 (1) (2) का 100 % 0.733^ 7.330 1 209.652 210.026 बड़ा पुल (दकमी. 209+839) 0.374 2 214.930 215.289 बड़ा पुल (दकमी. 215+110) 0.359 क ु ल 0.733 ई-219396] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th March, 2024 S.O. 1315(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 3559 (E), dated 07th November 2017 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No. 361 (the highway starting from Tuljapur on NH -52 connecting Latur, Ahmadpur, Nanded, Y avatmal, Wardha and terminating at its junction with NH -44 near Buti Bori in the state of Maharashtra) to the National Highway Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority"); Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein referred to as the “rules”), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in co lumn (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 55.836 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 7.330 Km (having length of 0.733 Km ) on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of f our lane section of Loha to Waranga from design chainage kilometre 187.800 to kilometre 244.369 (existing km 514.885 on MSH -2 to km 611.920 on MSH -3) of National Highway number 361 in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the Authority to collect, eith er 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 levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Toll Plaza for the distance specified for such Toll Plaza(s): TABLE -2 Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) Length (in km) for which fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Existing Ch. Km. 599.995 /Design Chainage Km. 232.700 of NH -361 near Pardimakta Village in Nanded District of Maharashtra 55.836 [Excluding length of structures (>60)] 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above In addition to above, the following fee shall 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 Structure (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Existing Ch. Km. 599.995/Design Chainage Km. 232.700 of NH -361 near Pardimakta Village in Nanded District of Maharashtra 0.733 7.330 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above *The details are as under: - S. No. Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 209.652 210.026 Major Bridge (km.209+839) 0.374 2 214.930 215.289 Major Bridge (km.215+110) 0.359 Total 0.733 3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non -commercial purposes and resides within a distance to twenty kilometres from the fee plaza Rs 330.000 (Rupees Three Hundred and Thirty Only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the said rules. 4. For multi ple 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 national permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the prescribed 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 the said rules, and shall not be entit led 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 Rules. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules. 9. Based on the Base rate of fee per km 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 th e same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 1321.38 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tre e 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/PIU/NED/NH -361/Kalyan/SA Infra/TollN otification/L -W/2022/E -219396] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. 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