User fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-20072024-255608 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2737] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th July, 2024 S.O 2874(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide number S.O. 4531(E) dated the 18th December, 2019 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.130A situated within the State of Chhattisgarh to the State Government of Chhattisgarh; 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 on mechanical vehicles at sixty percent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 30.80 km on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of two lane with paved shoulder of Bilaspur to Mungeli section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 18.700 and kilometer 25.900 to kilometer 38.000 (existing km 7.750 to km 26.542 & km 32.093 to km 44.186) of National Highway number 130A in the State of Chhattisgarh and authorises the National Highway Authority of India 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 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 hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely:- Table-2 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) | Rate at which fee is | | (chainage) | for which | payable | | | Fee is payable | | +====================================================================+===================================+=======================================================================================+ | At design km 34.530 of NH-130A in village Sodhar in Mungeli | 30.80 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | District of Chhattisgarh | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. 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 (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. 3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table-3 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of | Period of validity | | | one way journeys allowed | | +====================================================================+====================================================+==========================================================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of payment | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys | Fifty | One month from date of payment | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 8. 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 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. 9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 188.80 crore. 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. RO/CG/2021-22/NH-130A/Bilaspur-Mungeli/Toll]/E-207926] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.