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Notification levying and authorising the National Highways Authority of India to collect a user fee for a specified stretch of New National Highway No. NH-43 (Old NH-78) in Madhya Pradesh under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956.

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This notification, issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (New Delhi, 12th June 2024, S.O. 2253(E)), recalls that under earlier notification S.O. 4155(E) dated 23rd December 2016 the entire New National Highway No. NH-43 (Old NH-78) in Madhya Pradesh was entrusted to the State Government of Madhya Pradesh under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956); it now, in exercise of powers under Section 7 of that Act read with Rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, levies a user fee on the section from design kilometre 68.400 to kilometre 142.200 of NH-43 near Karkeli village, Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh, covering a four-or-more lane section of 0.800 km, a two-lane paved-shoulder section of 53.324 km, a structure-equivalent length of 6.76 km, and bypasses (Pali Birsinghpur Bypass costing Rs. 60.91 crore and Shahdol Bypass costing Rs. 67.22 crore) totalling 18.300 km costing Rs. 10 crore or more, with base-year 2007-08 rates ranging from Rs. 0.65 to Rs. 4.20 per km depending on vehicle class, a monthly non-commercial pass fee of Rs. 340 for 2024-25, and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect the fee directly or through a contractor at the fee plaza located at chainage 84.500.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13062024-254682 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2151] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024/JYAISHTHA 22, 1946 3499 GI/2024 (1) MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th June, 2024 S.O. 2253(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4155(E) dated 23rd December 2016, issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the entire New National Highway No. NH-43 (Old National Highway No. NH-78) in the State of Madhya Pradesh to the State Government of Madhya Pradesh. 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 0.800 km for the use of four or more lane section and at sixty per cent of the base rate for net road section length of 53.324 Km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 6.76 km (having length of 0.676 km) and at ninety percent of the base rate for bypasses having length of 18.300km costing rupees ten crore or more for use of two lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of the section from design kilometer 68.400 to kilometer 142.200 of New National Highway No. NH-43 (Old National Highway No. NH-78) in the State of Madhya Pradesh 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 | 1.05 | | Mini Bus | | +---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | 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) | 4.20 | +---------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ 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 | Length (in km) for which | Rate at which fee is | | (chainage) | Fee is payable | payable | +=====================================================+=============================================+=================================================+ | At Ch.84.500 of New NH No. NH-43 (Old NH No. NH-78) | 53.324 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the | | near Karkeli village(s) in Umaria district of | [Excluding length of Bypass | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Madhya Pradesh State | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures | | | | (>60m)] | | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | At Ch.84.500 of New NH No. NH-43 (Old NH No. NH-78) | 0.8 | 100% for 4 lanes, of the base rates mentioned | | near Karkeli village(s) in Umaria district of | [Excluding length of Bypass | in Table-1 above | | Madhya Pradesh State | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures | | | | (>60m)] | | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ 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(s):- Table-3 +-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of the | Taking | Merging | Length | Cost (in Rs. | Rate at which fee | | (chainage) | Bypass | Off | at | (in Km.) | Crore) | is payable | +=====================================================+===================================+============+===========+=====================+===================+===============================================+ | At Ch.84.500 of New NH No. NH-43 (Old NH No. NH-78) | Pali Birsinghpur Bypass | 92.400 | 101.1 | 8.70 | 60.91 | 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the | | near Karkeli village(s) in Umaria district of | | | | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Madhya Pradesh State | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | At Ch.84.500 of New NH No. NH-43 (Old NH No. NH-78) | Shahdol Bypass | 132.600 | 142.200 | 9.60 | 67.22 | 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the | | near Karkeli village(s) in Umaria district of | | | | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Madhya Pradesh State | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+---------------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ 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 | Length of structures | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is | | (chainage) | (in km) to be converted | length (in km) | payable | | | into equivalent | | | | | road length | | | +=====================================================+=============================================+===========================+=================================================+ | At Km/Ch. 84+500 of New NH No. NH-43 (Old NH No. | 0.676 | 6.76 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the | | NH-78) near Karkeli village(s) in Umaria district | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | of Madhya Pradesh State | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | Sr. No. | Chainage | Types of Structure | Length in Km | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +==========+============+============+=======================+==============+ | 1 | Km 75.876 | Km 76.846 | ROB | 0.108 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | 2 | Km 88.188 | Km 89.104 | ROB | 0.120 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | 3 | Km 100.620 | Km 100.716 | ROB | 0.096 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | 4 | Km 111.066 | Km 112.086 | ROB | 0.120 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | 5 | Km 89.328 | Km 89.420 | Major Bridge | 0.092 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | 6 | Km 94.220 | km 94.360 | Major Bridge | 0.140 | +----------+------------+------------+-----------------------+--------------+ | Total length | 0.676 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ 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 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 | Period of validity | | | one way journeys | | | | allowed | | +=================================================+=============================================+==============================================+ | One and one-half times of the | Two | Twenty four hours From the time of | | fee for one way | | payment | | journey | | | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | payable for 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 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 National Highways 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 511.83 crores. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F.No. RW/NH-37015/51/2014/NHDP-IVA/Part-3 /E-234621] 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.

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