Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-21062024-254841 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2251] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024/JYAISHTHA 30, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th June, 2024 S.O. 2371(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.1724 (E) dated the 06th October 2006, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted National Highway No. 227 (the highway starting from Thiruchirapalli, connecting Lalgudi, Kallakudi, Kizhapalur, Udaiyarpalayam, Jayamkndacholapuram, Gangaikondacholapuram, Kattumannarkoil, Kumaratchi and terminating at Chidambaram) 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 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 the rate specified in column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 4.817 km at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 0.403 Km and at ninety per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder bypass section length of 26.312 Km on vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Meensurutti to Chidambaram from design kilometer 98.433 to kilometer 129.965 of National Highway number 227 (New No. NH-81) in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorise 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 | 1.05 | | Vehicle or Mini Bus | | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) of | 3.45 | | Earth Moving Equipment (EME) or Multi | | | Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles)| | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more | 4.20 | | axles) | | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ 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 +---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | payable | | +=============================================+==============================================+==================================+ | At Km. 107.750 of NH-227 near | 4.817 | 60% for two lane with paved | | Kurungudi village in Cuddalore District of | [Excluding length of Bypass | shoulders, of the base rates | | Tamil Nadu State. | (costing >10 Cr.) and length of | mentioned in 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): Table- 3 +---------------------------------------------+-------------+--------+------------+-----------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of The | Taking | Merging at | Length and Cost of | | Rate at which fee is | | (Chainage) | Bypass | Off | | bypass for which additional | | payable | | | | | | fee is payable | | | | | | | +-----------------------------+---------------+ | | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in | | | | | | | Rs. | | | | | | | Crore) | +=============================================+=============+========+============+=============================+===============+==================================+ | At Km. 107.750 of NH-227 near | Kattumannarkoil | Design | Design Km | 26.312 | | 90% for two lane with paved | | Kurungudi village in Cuddalore District of | Combined | Km | 129.965 | (Excluding Length of | 459.83 | shoulders, of the base rates | | Tamil Nadu State. | bypass | 103.250| | Structures > 60M) | | mentioned in Table-1 above. | +---------------------------------------------+-------------+--------+------------+-----------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+ | Total (2 Lane) | | | | 26.312 | 459.83 | | +---------------------------------------------+-------------+--------+------------+-----------------------------+---------------+----------------------------------+ 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 | Length of structures (in m) to be converted into | Equivalent road length | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | equivalent road length | (in km) | | +=============================================+=================================================================+=============================================+==================================+ | At Km 107+750 of NH-227 | 0.403 | 4.030 | 60% for two lane with | | Kurungudi village in State | | | paved shoulders, of the | | (Tamil Nadu) | | | base rates mentioned | | | | | inTable-1 above | +---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ The details are as under: - +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Sl. No.| Chainage (Km) | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | | +-----------+-----------+ (2 Lane) | | | | From | To | | | +========+===========+===========+=======================+=======================+ | 1 | 107.284 | 107.346 | Major Bridge | 0.062 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2 | 112.954 | 113.047 | Major Bridge | 0.093 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3 | 119.022 | 119.115 | Major Bridge | 0.093 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4 | 120.059 | 120.121 | Fly Over | 0.062 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5 | 122.889 | 122.982 | Major Bridge | 0.093 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | TOTAL | | | | 0.403 | +--------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ 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/- (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 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 | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +=================================================+=================================================+=================================================+ | One and half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of | | one way journey | | payment. | +-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | payable for fifty single journey or | | | | more | | | +-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ 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-rulelA of rule10 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, and category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road, and 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 768.26 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. 11023/NH-227/20/Vol-1/2023/PIU-VPM/1038 /E-233655] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. 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