Publication of user fee notification

5871 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3586 ] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , SEPTEMBER 12, 2024/BHADRA 21, 1946 CG-DL-E-13092024-257127 (1) (2) किमी 48.000 6.613 34.44 1 31.971 32.096 बड़ा पुल 0.125 2 34.802 34.902 बड़ा पुल 0.100 4 43.713 43.913 बड़ा पुल 0.200 5 51.076 51.156 बड़ा पुल 0.080 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th September , 2024 S.O. 3921 (E).— Whereas by notification o f the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide S.O. No 4882(E), dated 26.11.2021 issued under section 5 of National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the new National Highway Number 516E in the state of Andhra Pradesh to State Government of Andhra 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 here by levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate 60% of rates specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 39.253 Km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than the 60 m) of 14.42 km (having length of 1.442km ) and 90% of the base rate for bypasses having length of 8.513 km costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of two lane with paved shoulder of Paderu - Gondiguda and Gondiguda - Araku (up to Bhalluguda) Section from design kilometer 2.400 to kilometer 51.772 of National Highway number 516E in the state of Andhra Pradesh and authorizes the National Highway Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through contractor, the said fee, namely: - Table -1 Type Of Vehicle Base rate of the fee as 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 to be levied and collected here under shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: Table -2 Location of the Toll Plaza (Chainage) Length (in Km) for which Fee is Payable Rate at which fee is Payable At km 14.850 of NH -516E in Pedagaruvu village in Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra Pradesh 39.253 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in the Table -1 above 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 (Chainage) Name of the Bypass Taking off Merging at Length and cost of bypass for which additional fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable Length (in km) Cost (in Rs. Crore) At km 14.850 of NH-516E in Pedagaruvu village in Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra Pradesh Hukumpeta Design km 7.300 Design km 9.200 1.900 11.90 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -I above Araku Valley Design km 40.250 Design km 48.000 6.613 34.44 3. In addition to the above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use the following structure having length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting the length of the structure in to an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structure by an equalization factor of 10: - Table -4 Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At km 14.850 of NH -516E in Pedagaruvu village in Alluri Sitharama Raju District of the State of Andhra Pradesh 1.442^ 14.42 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -I above ^The details of two -lane structures are as under: Chainage Type of Structure Length (in Km) From Km To Km 1 31.971 32.096 Major Bridge 0.125 2 34.802 34.902 Major Bridge 0.100 3 40.530 41.467 ROB + Viaduct 0.937 4 43.713 43.913 Major Bridge 0.200 5 51.076 51.156 Major Bridge 0.080 6 Total 1.442 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. 340.00/ - (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024 -25 and is subjected 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 member of one - way journey allowed Period of validity One and half times of the fee for one way journey Two Twenty Four Hours from 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 rule. 10. 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 vehicle and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of 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 Rs.476.83 crore . The Capital cost is subjected to variation as activities of the land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement, civil works are in progress and financial closure of the project is yet to be completed. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized. [File No. - MoRTH/PIU/ARAKU/Package -IV/TollPlaza/E -235526] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.