Publication of user fee notificaiton

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-19112024-258743 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4573] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024/KARTIKA 28, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th November, 2024 S.O. 4961(E). - Whereas by notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways number S.O. 393(E) dated the 12th May,1998 and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1097(E), dated the 4th August, 2005, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government entrusted the stretch taking off from km 27.800 of NH-45 ( new No.NH-32) and joining at km 13.800 of NH-4 ( new No.NH-48) (Chennai Bypass Phase-I) and taking off from km 13.800 of NH-4 ( new no. NH-48) and joining at km 12.600 of NH-5 (new no. NH-16) (Chennai Bypass) in the State of Tamil Nadu 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 and amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules"), and in supersession of the notification number S.O. 2342 (E) dated 26.07.2017, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60 metre) of 43.10 kilometre (having length of 4.31 kilometre, Table-3) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 28.290 kilometre (Table-2) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four lane stretch taking off from km 29.151 of NH-45 ( new No.NH-32) and joining at km 13.800 of NH-4 (new No.NH-48) (Chennai Bypass Phase-I) and taking off from km 13.800 of NH-4 (new no. NH-48) and joining at km 12.600 of NH-5 (new no. NH-16) (Chennai Bypass Phase-II) and authorises the Authority 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 Equipment (EME) or | 3.45 | | Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six | | | axles) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 1. The following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs 10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza: - TABLE-2 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | is payable | | +==========================================================================================================+======================================================+====================================================+ | Km 6.500 near village | 18.375 | 150% for four lane, of base rates | | Tiruneermalai | (Excluding 825.00 m length of | mentioned in Table-1 above | | in | structures) | | | Chengalpattu District Chennai | | | | Bypass Phase-I | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Km 28.600, near Surapattu in | 9.915 | 150% for four lane, of base rates | | Tiruvallur District | (Excluding 3485.00 m length of | mentioned in Table-1 above | | Chennai | Structures) | | | Bypass | | | | Phase-II | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Total | 28.29 | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ 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-3 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures^ (in | Equivalent | Rate at which | | | km) to be converted into | road length | fee is payable | | | equivalent road | (in km) | | | | length | | | +==========================================================================================================+======================================================+====================================================+====================================================+ | Km 6.500 near village Tiruneermalai in | 0.825 | 8.250 | 100% for four lane, of base | | Chengalpattu District | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 | | Chennai Bypass Phase-I | | | above | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Km 28.600, near Surapattu | 3.485 | 34.850 | 100% for four lane, of base | | in | | | rates mentioned in Table-1 | | Tiruvallur District | | | above | | Chennai | | | | | Bypass Phase-II | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ | Total | 4.31 | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+ * The detail is as under: Tiruneermalai Fee Plaza at Km 6.500 +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | | +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +=====+======================+======================+======================+======================+ | 1 | 9.000 | 9.210 | Bridge | 0.210 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | 2 | 15.370 | 15.835 | Bridge | 0.465 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | 3 | 19.050 | 19.200 | Grade Separator | 0.150 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.825 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ Surapattu Fee Plaza at Km 28.600 +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | | +----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +=====+======================+======================+======================+======================+ | 1 | 19.200 | 19.630 | Grade Separator | 0.430 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | 2 | 22.085 | 25.140 | Elevated Corridor including ROB | 3.055 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | | Total | | | 3.485 | +-----+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ 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 (Rupees 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 | Period of validity | | | of one way journeys | | | | allowed | | +=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+ | One and one-half times of the | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of | | fee for one way journey | | payment | +-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | payable for 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 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 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 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 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 capital cost of the project is Rupees 958.95 Crores. [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. NHAI/11015/15/2023/PIUChennai-2/207/E-240915] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.