Publication of user fee notification

7729 GI/202 3 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 5098] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , DECEMBER 14, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 23, 1945 CG-DL-E-14122023-250674 (1) (2) 100% 1. 68.846 69.007 बड़ा पुल 0.161 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th December, 2023 S.O. 5327(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.0.382(E) dated 24th January 2019, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of new National Highway No.179A [excluding fro m Km. 00.00 to Km. 35.600 (Salem -A.Pallipatty section)] situated within the State of Tamil Nadu to the State Government of Tamil Nadu. Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read wi th 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 43.239 Km . and for equivalent Structure lengt h (having length more than 60 m ) of 1.61 Km. (having length of 0.161 Km.) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four or more lane of Salem to Vaniyambadi Section f rom design Km.36.0000 to Km.80.000 (Existing Km. 36.000 to Km. 80.000) of National Highways number 179A in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the s aid 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) 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 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 (chainage) Length(in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km 390.760 of NH -179A, near village H. Pudhupatti, Pappireddipatti Taluk of Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu 43.239 (Excluding Structure >60m lengh) 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 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 60 m at the following fee plaza(s), by converting the length of structures in to an equipment length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalisation factor of 10, at the base rate mentioned in table 1 above: - TABLE -3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length of structures^ (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length for which fe e is payable equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km 39.760 of NH -179A, near village H.Pudhupatti, PappireddipattiTaluk of Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu 0.161 1.61 100% for four or more lane, of the base rate mentioned in Table -1 above. ^The details of structures (> 60 m length) are as under: - Sl.No. Chainage Type of structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1. 68.846 69.007 Major Bridge 0.161 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 kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.330.00 (Rupees Three Hundred and Thirty Only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of th e 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 way journeys allowed Period of validity 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 pe rmit) 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. 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 specifi ed 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 said rules. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 9. 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 Author ity 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. 10. The estimated ca pital cost of the project is Rupees 336.93 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 National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realis ed. [F. No. CE-RO/Chennai/ MoRTH/12014/146/2018 -19(part)/ E-198455 ] 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.