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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-21062024-254836
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2252]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024/JYAISHTHA 30, 1946
3650 GI/2024
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th June, 2024
S.O. 2372(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways S.O 1205 (E) dated 29th October 2004 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India
Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted Pipra Kothi to Raxual section of length 68 km. of
National Highway No. 28A in the State of Bihar 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") and in supersession of S.O. 910(E) dated 25th April 2012, the Central
Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the 60 % of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1
for net road section length of 59.587 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of
12.360 km. (having length of 1.236 km) and at 90% of the base rate for two lane with paved shoulder bypasses having
length of 5.997 km costing rupees ten crore or more and at 150% of the base rate for four lane bypasses having length
of 0.591 km. costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for
the use of two lane with paved shoulder from Km. 0.650 to Km. 68.650 and for the use of four or more lane from
km. 68.650 to 69.241 of Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxual section on National Highway no. 28A in the State of Bihar and
authorises 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 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) | 3.45 |
| 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 payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
+=======================================================================================================================+=============================================================================+===================================================================+
| At Design km 35.700 | 59.587 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of |
| (existing chainage | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| 35.700) at Phulwaria Village of | Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] | |
| East Champaran | | |
| District in | | |
| Bihar State | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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: —
Table-3
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Mergingat | Length and Costof bypass for which | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | | | | additional fee is payable | |
| | | | | Length | Cost | |
| | | | | (in Km.)| (in Rs. | |
| | | | | | Crore) | |
+=======================================================================================================================+=====================+=================================+=====================+=========+=======================================+===================================================================+
| At Design km 35.700 | Raxaul | Design km | Design | 5.997 | >10 Cr | 90% for two lane with paved shoulders, |
| (existing chainage | Bypass of | 62.064 | km | | | of the base rates |
| 35.700) at Phulwaria | NH-28A | (existing | 69.241 | | | mentioned in Table-1 |
| Village of | | km | (existing | | | above |
| East Champaran | | 62.064) | km | | | |
| District in | | | 69.241) | | | |
| Bihar State | | | | 0.591 | >10 Cr | 150% for four or more lane of the base rates |
| | | | | | | mentioned in Table- |
| | | | | | | 1 above |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+---------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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 (chainage) | Length of structures^ (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable |
+=======================================================================================================================+===================================================================+=============================+===================================================================+
| At Design km 35.700 | 1.236^ | 12.360 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| (existing chainage 35.700) at | | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| Phulwaria Village of East | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Champaran | | | |
| District in Bihar State | | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
^The detail is as under:
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+=======+============+============+===================+================+
| 1 | 18.096 | 18.249 | ROB | 0.153 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 2 | 36.999 | 37.171 | ROB | 0.1715 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 3 | 53.471 | 53.793 | ROB | 0.322 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 4 | 65.805 | 65.867 | Major Bridge | 0.0626 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| 5 | 66.007 | 66.534 | ROB | 0.527 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
| Total | | | | 1.236 |
+-------+------------+------------+-------------------+----------------+
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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 340.000 (Three Hundred and Forty Rupees
Only) 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:—
Table-5
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way journeys allowed | Period of validity |
+==================================================+=================================================+========================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of |
| journey | | payment |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| 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
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 is Rupees 1167.53 crore. The capital cost is subjected 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/13013/CO/23-24/FeeNotification/Piprakothi-Motihari-Raxaul Section
(km 0.650-km 69.241)/E-230841]
SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Digitally signed by
MANOJ KUMAR MANOJ KUMAR VERMA
VERMA
Date: 2024.06.21
19:41:16+05'30'
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