Publication of user fee notification

4713 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3137] NEW DEL HI, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2023/ ASHADHA 30, 1945 CG-DL-E-22072023-247551 (1) (2) MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATI ON New Delhi, the 21st July, 2023 S.O. 3270(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 28 (E) dated the 5th January 2017 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of National Highway No. 234 (New NH No. 75 from Karnataka Border to Tamil Nadu Border) in the State of Andhra Pradesh to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh. 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"), th e Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at sixty percent of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 17.95kms on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulder of NH-75 (Old NH -234) from design kilometre 506.100 to design kilo metre 508.650 and design kilo metre 518.700 to design kilo metre 534.100 section from Mangalore – Thiruvannamalai in th e State of Andhra Pradesh and authorises the National Highway s Authority of India to collect, eit her 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) (four to six a xles) 3.45 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 (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable Design from Km. 530.750 to Km.531. 250 Ramanathapuram Village (Near V.Kota Town in Chittoor District) in the state of Andhra Pradesh Km 17.95 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs. 330/- (Rupees Three Hund red and Thirty only ) for the year 2023 -24 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 Maxi mum number of one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and 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 paym ent 4. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of t he specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is avail able 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 us e 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 inform ation of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 8. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometre 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 Highways 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 an d vern acular language. 9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 117.90 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capita l cost will be notified separately]. The National Highway s Authority of India shall maintain a record of the reco very of capital cost through user fee realised and after recovery of the capital cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No . RO/VJA/JB:NH(O)/2016 -17/657/Toll/E -206411 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, M ayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, D elhi-110054.