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Levies toll fees on vehicles using a specified section of National Highway 347BG in Madhya Pradesh for the 4-laning project under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I.

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The notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, mandates the levy of toll fees for the 4-laned section of National Highway NH-347BG (Tejajinagar to Balwara to Dhangaon) in Madhya Pradesh, under the Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I. It specifies toll rates based on vehicle categories as per Table-1, applying a 100% base rate for a 30.054 km net road section and 38.01 km equivalent structure length, and 150% for 40.445 km bypasses. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is authorized to collect these fees at the designated fee plaza near Padali village in Khargone district. The notification also details provisions for monthly passes at a rate of Rs. 340 for non-commercial vehicles within 20km radius and rates for multiple journeys.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20022025-261069 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 816] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2025/MAGHA 25, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th February, 2025 S.O. 820(E).-Whereas the Central Government vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 350 (E), dated 24-01-2020, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Deshgaon (junction with NH-347B)-Sanawad- Barwah- Indore(Bhawarkua Chowk) of NH-347BG (Total Length of 106 Km) in the state of Madhya Pradesh 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 100% of the base rate specified in column (2) in Table 1 for net road section length of 30.054 km (Table-2) and for equivalent structures length (having length more than 60m) of 38.01 km (having length of 3.801 Km) (Table-4) and at one and half times of the base rate for bypasses having length of 40.445 Km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on type of vehicle specified in column (1) of table 1 below of 4 Laning of Tejajinagar to Balwara to Dhangaon Section of NH-347BG (Indore to Boregaon, Pkg-II &Pkg-III) Design Ch. Km 9.000 to Design Ch. Km 82.810 (length 74.30 Km.) under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in the state of Madhya Pradesh and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:- +---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Type of Vehicle | Table-1 | | | | 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 | 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(s)namely: - +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Table-2 | | | (Chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | | payable | | +=========================================+=====================================================================================+===============================+ | At km 44+600 of NH-347BG | 30.054 | 100% for four or more lane, of| | near village Padali in Dist. | [excluding length of Bypass costing | the base rates mentioned in | | Khargone | more than Rs. 10 Cr. & length of | Table-1 above | | | structures >60m] | | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also 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(s):- +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+ | Location of Fee | Table-3 | | | | | | | Plaza (chainage) | Name of | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | bypass for | | | | the town being | | | which additional | fee is payable | Rate at which | | | Bypassed | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in | fee is payable | | | | | | | Cr.) | | +=================================+=================================+===================+=================+=====================+=====================+===================+ | | Simrol | 19.200 | 23.100 | 3.900 | 80.22 | 150% for four or | | at km 44+600 of | Balwara | 37.000 | 42.400 | 5.400 | 134.79 | more lane, of the | | NH-347BG near | Barwah + | 46.240 | 59.490 | 26.695 | 268.87 | base rates | | village Padali in | sanawad + Baswa | 60.765 | 74.210 | | | mentioned in | | Dist. Khargone | Bhanbhard & | 76.35 | 80.80 | 4.45 | 76.32 | Table- 1 above | | | Dhangaon | | | | | | +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+ | | Total | | | 40.445 | 560.20 | | +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+-------------------+ 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 equalization factor of 10: +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Table-4 | | | | (Chainage) | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | | | | equivalent road length | i.e. 10 times | | +=========================================+===================================================================+=============================================+===============================+ | at km 44+600 of NH- 347BG | 3.801 | 38.01 | 100% for four or more lane, of| | near village Padali in Dist. | | | the base rates mentioned in | | Khargone | | | Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ ^The details are as under: - +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | Sr. No. | Chainage| | Type of Structure | Length (in Km)| | | From Km | To Km | | | +========+=========+=========+=================+===============+ | 1. | 24.515 | 24.905 | VIADUCT | 0.390 | +--------+---------+---------+=================+===============+ | 2. | 25.219 | 25.2835 | VIADUCT | 0.065 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 3. | 33.900 | 34.020 | MAJOR BRIDGE | 0.120 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 4. | 41.423 | 41.557 | ROB | 0.134 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 5. | 59.490 | 60.765 | Major Bridge | 1.275 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 6. | 67.437 | 67.512 | Major Bridge | 0.075 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 7. | 70.608 | 70.683 | Major Bridge | 0.075 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 8. | 82.574 | 82.635 | Major Bridge | 0.061 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 9. | 23.660 | 24.236 | Tunnel | 0.576 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 10. | 30.505 | 30.985 | Tunnel | 0.480 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | 11. | 31.630 | 32.180 | Tunnel | 0.550 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ | | Total | | | 3.801 | +--------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------------+ 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.340.000 (Three Hundred Forty Rupees) for the year 2024-25 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: - +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Table-5 | | | | Maximum number of | Period of validity | | | one-way 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 | Fifty | One month from date of | | for fifty single journeys | | payment | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ 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 which mechanical vehicle 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. 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 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project total amounting Rs. 2164.49 Cr. (Tejajinagar to Balwara (PKG-2) is Rs. 1162.80 Cr. & Balwara to Dhangaon (PKG-3) is Rs. 1001.69 Cr.). 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/PIU-Indore/NH347BG/IndoreEdlabad/Tollfeenotification/E-241776] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secry

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