Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-16102024-257928 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4142] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024/ASVINA 23, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th October, 2024 S.O. 4506(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4201 (E) dated 11th October 2021, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the NH No. 548C [excluding Tembhurni -Kurudwadi -Barshi section under BOT project of State Govt. of Maharashtra] in the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra. 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 and amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at sixty percent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 28.75 km (Table-2) and equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.4625 km (having total length of 0.14625 km) (Table-3) for use of the two lane with paved shoulders section, on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below, of Khamgaon to Deulgaon Sakarsha Section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 35.786 (existing km 565.653 to km 529.867) of National Highway Number 548C in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:- 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 | 3.45 | | Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six | | | axles) | | +------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ 1. The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza: Table-2 +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which | Rate at which fee is payable | | | Fee is payable | | +=====================================================+=======================================================+=================================================+ | At design chainage Km. 07.500 near Awar | 28.75 | 60% for two lanes with paved shoulder | | village Taluka Khamgaon of District | [Excluding length of | section, of the base rates mentioned in | | Buldhana in the State of Maharashtra | structures (>60 m)] | 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 Toll 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 -3 +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in km) | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable | | | to be converted into | Road length | | | | equivalent road length | (In km) | | +=====================================================+=================================================+===================================+=================================================+ | At design chainage Km. 07+500 near | 0.14625^ | 1.4625 | 60% for two lanes with paved | | Awar village Taluka Khamgaon of | | | shoulder section, of the base | | District Buldhana in the State of | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 | | Maharashtra | | | above | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ ^The details of >60m structure is as under:- +-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sr. | From design Km. | To design Km. | Type of Structure | Length of the structure (in km) | | No. | | | | | +=====+=================+=================+=====================+===================================+ | 1 | 11.08525 | 11.15275 | Major Bridge | 0.0675 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 2 | 26.058625 | 26.137375 | Major Bridge | 0.07875 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.14625 | +-----+-----------------+-----------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------+ 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. 340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred Fourty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. 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 | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +===========================================================+==============================================+=====================================+ | One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time | | journey | | of payment | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | fifty single journeys | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 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 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 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, each in English and vernacular language accordingly. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 249.29 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, price adjustments, GST 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. RO/MUM/P-1242/2017-18/Toll/E-232133] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.