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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.
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