Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14062024-254677 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2152] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024/JYAISHTHA 22, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th June, 2024 S.O. 2254(E). — Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways S.O. 2386(E) dated the 20th July 2020 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from km 0.00 to km 47.70 (Barhi-Koderma- upto Jharkhand/Bihar Border section) of National Highway No. 31 (New NH-20) in the state of Jharkhand 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 Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 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 26.907km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 5.930km (having length of 0.593km) on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four laning of Barhi-Koderma Section from design kilometre 0.000 to kilometre 27.500 of National Highway number 31 in the State of Jharkhand and authorises the Authority 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 | | (1) | 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 | 3.45 | | Vehicle (MAV) (four to sixaxles) | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | 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 | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | payable | | +==========================================================================================+==================================================+=======================================================================================+ | At Km/Ch.12+300 of NH-31 near/between Madangundi village Koderma District of State | 26.907 | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Jharkhand | [Excluding length of structure (>60 m)] | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. 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 equalization factor of 10:- Table-3 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of Structure (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | | (in km) | | +==========================================================================================+=========================================================================+============================+=======================================================================================+ | At Km/Ch.12+300 of NH-31 near/between Madangundi village Koderma District of State | 0.593^ | 5.930 | 100% for four or more lanes of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Jharkhand | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under:- Chainage +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ | | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | +===========+=========+=========+===================+================+ | 1 | 5.103 | 5.383 | Major Bridge | 0.280 | +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 11.403 | 11.500 | Major Bridge | 0.097 | +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 13.891 | 13.993 | ROB | 0.102 | +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ | 4 | 21.866 | 21.980 | ROB | 0.114 | +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ | Total | | | | 0.593 | +-----------+---------+---------+-------------------+----------------+ 3. 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 (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. 4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table-4 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one- | Period of validity | | | way journeys allowed | | +======================================================================+==========================================+============================================+ | 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 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. 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 the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 709.05 crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. NHAI/PD/PIU/HZB/NH-31/TOLLNOTIFICATION/981/222859] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. 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