Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14112024-258688 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4545] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024/KARTIKA 23, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th November, 2024 S.O. 4929(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways numbers S.O.4532(E) dated 18th Dec 2019 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Km. 0.000 to Km. 38.200 (Champa-Korba-Katghora section) of National Highways No.149 B in the State of Chhattisgarh 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 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 on mechanical vehicles at hundred percent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 25.540 Km (Table-2) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 4.22 Km (having length of 0.422 km, Table-4) and at one and one half times the base rate for net bypass length of 12.238 km. (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of four lane with paved shoulder of Champa-Korba- Katghora section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 38.200 (existing km.5+750 to km.27+150) of National Highway number NH-149B in the State of Chhattisgarh 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 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) | 3.45 | | 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 namely: - TABLE - 2 +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length (in Km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +=============================================================+=========================================+=========================================================================================+ | At Km/Ch. 16.200 of NH-149 B near Jamnipali village Korba | 25.540 | 100% for Four lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in table-1 above | | District of State Chhattisgarh | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of bypass costing Rs.10 Crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza: TABLE - 3 +---------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of the Bypass/ Realignment | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and cost of bypass for | | Rate at Which | | (Chainage) | | | | which additional fee is payable | | fee is payable | | | | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | | | | | Length (in Km) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | | +===========================+===================================+==============+=================+===================================+===================================+=============================+ | At Km/Ch. 16.200 of NH-149| Champa Bypass | Design Km | Design Km | 12.238 | 268.63 | 150% for Four | | B near Jamnipali village | | 0.000 | 12.500 | (Excluding length of | | lane with paved | | Korba district of State | | | | Structure>60m) | | shoulders, of | | Chhattisgarh | | | | | | the base rates | | | | | | | | mentioned in | | | | | | | | Table -1 above | +---------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------+ 3. In addition to the 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, 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 (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at Which fee is | | (Chainage) | to be converted into equivalent | Length (in Km) | payable | | | road length | | | +=============================================================+=============================================================+=======================================+=========================================================================================+ | At Km/Ch. 16.200 of NH-149 B near Jamnipali village Korba | 0.422 | 4.22 | 100% for four lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | district of State Chhattisgarh | | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | | +-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +=====+=================+=================+===================+=================+ | 1. | 0.460 | 0.530 | Fly over | 0.070 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 2. | 3.640 | 3.760 | ROB | 0.120 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 3. | 10.104 | 10.176 | ROB | 0.072 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 4. | 32.165 | 32.235 | Fly over | 0.070 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 5. | 35.303 | 35.393 | ROB | 0.090 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | | Total (in Km) | | 0.422 | +-----+-----------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ 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 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 highways section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - TABLE-5 +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way journeys allowed | Period of Validity | +=================================================+=============================================+================================================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of payment | | one way journey | | | +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | 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, services 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 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project in Rupees 999.97 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree 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. 22014/2/PIUKorba/JamnipaliTollPlaza/2024/E-240956] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 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