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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-20012024-251536
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 294]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024/PAUSHA 29, 1945
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th January, 2024
S.O. 303(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.O. 5567 (E) dated the 29th October 2018 issued
under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of
new National Highway No.50 (Maharashtra/Karnataka border-Bidar-Humnabad section) situated within the state of
karnataka to the State Government of Karnataka.
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 4.805 Km for use of four or more lane and at sixty percent of the base rate
for the net road length of 49.390 Km & for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.75 Km
(having length of 0.175 km) for use of two lane with paved shoulders on the type of vehicles specified in column (1)
of the Table 1 below of Maharashtra Border to Bidar Section from Km. 0.000 to Km.54.370 of NH-50 in the State of
Karnataka and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a
contractor, the said fee, namely:-
Table-1
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| Type of vehicle | Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007-08 |
| (1) | (in Rupees) |
| | (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) | 3.45 |
| (four to six axles) | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
1. The fee to be levied and collected here under shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: -
Table-2
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | Fee is payable | |
+=================================================================================================+=======================================+===========================================================================================+
| From Km 22.150 to | 49.390 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulder, of the base rates |
| 22.550 (Design | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Chainge) -(Near | | |
| Kalasdal Village, Bidar | 4.805 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in |
| Dist., Karnataka State) | | 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 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 equalsation factor of 10: -
Table-3
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| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | length | | |
+=================================================================================================+====================================================================+=================================+====================================================================================+
| From Km 22.150 to 22.550 | 0.175^ | 1.750 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulder, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above.|
| (Design Chainge) -(Near Kalasdal Village, Bidar Dist., Karnataka State) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
^Details are under:-
+--------+-----------------+---------------------------+----------------+
| S. No. | Design Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) |
+========+=================+===========================+================+
| 1. | At Km 15.080 | Major Bridge Sangam River | 0.175 |
+--------+-----------------+---------------------------+----------------+
| | Total | | 0.175 |
+--------+-----------------+---------------------------+----------------+
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 Rupees 330/- (Rupees Three Hundred Thirty Only)
for the year 2023-24 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
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| 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 |
| way journey | | time of payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of |
| fifty Single journeys | | payment |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
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.
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 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 inTable-1 above, the actual
amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National
Highway 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 in English and vernacular
language.
10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 302.07 Crore and 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 Highway
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/BNG/NH-50/Km0-54/82/2021-PartII/E-215103]
SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.
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