Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17062025-263908 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2619] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025/JYAISTHA 26, 1947 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 16th June, 2025 S.O. 2684(E). - whereas vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways No. S.O 1055 (E) dated 12.03.2020 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 32.500 to Km 89.329 (Telangana /Maharashtra Border to Rajura Section) of National Highway No. 353B in the State of Maharashtra 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 at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 53.01 Km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 7.80 km (having length of 0.78 km) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 2.311 km costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table-1 below for use of four or more lane of Govindpur - Rajura section from Km 32.910 to Km 89.011 in the State of Maharashtra and authorizes 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 Vehicles | 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 | 3.45 | | (EME) 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 | Rate at which fee is payable | | | payable | | +=====================================================================+==========================================+==============================+ | At Design Km 52+900 of NH- | 53.010 | 100% for four or more lane of| | 353B near Devghat Village in | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing > | the base rates mentioned in | | Chandrapur District of | 10 cr.) and length of structure (>60m)]| Table-1 above | | Maharashtra | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs.10 crores or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza: Table 3 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | Location of Fee | Name of the | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost of bypass | Rate at which | | Plaza (Chainage) | Bypass | off | at | for which additional fee is | fee is payable | | | | | | payable | | | | | | | +----------------+---------------+------------------------------------+ | | | | | | Length (in | Cost (in Rs. | | | | | | | | Km) | Crore) | | +=====================================================================+===================+===========+===========+================+===============+====================================+ | At Design Km | Rajura Bypass | Design | Design | 2.311 | 47.30 | 150% for four | | 52+900 of NH- | of NH 353B | Km | Km | | | or more lane of | | 353B near | | 86.500 | 89.011 | | | the base rates | | Devghat Village | | | | | | mentioned in | | in Chandrapur | | | | | | Table-1 above | | District of | | | | | | | | Maharashtra | | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+---------------+------------------------------------+ 3. 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 equalisation factor of 10: Table 4 +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of Structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | Km) to be converted | length (in Km) | | | | into equivalent road | | | | | length | | | +=====================================================================+============================================+===========================+==============================+ | At Design Km 52+900 of | 0.780^ | 7.800 | 100 % for four or more lane of | | NH-353B near Devghat | | | the base rates mentioned in | | Village in Chandrapur District | | | Table 1 above | | of Maharashtra | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+---------------------------+------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: Chainage +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 1 | 47+365 | 47+861 | Flyover | 0.496 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 2 | 88+008 | 88+208 | Animal Underpass | 0.200 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | 3 | 63+561 | 63+645 | Major Bridge | 0.084 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ | | | Total | | 0.780 | +---------+-----------+-----------+-------------------+----------------+ 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. 350.00 (Rupees three hundred & fifty only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject 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 number of one-way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +=========================================+===========================================+====================================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for one | Two | Twenty four hours from the time | | way journey | | of payment | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 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 user fee collecting agency, equal to 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 rules. 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 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, each in English and vernacular language. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 1111.33 Crores 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realiSed. [F. No. CODIV-13/1/2025-PIU Chandrapur/E-251093] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.