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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22072024-255624
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2738]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024/ASHADHA 28, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th July, 2024
S.O 2875(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 515 (E) dated 03.02.2021 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of
India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch starting from its junction with new
NH-248A near Sohna connecting Firozpur Jhirka in the state of Haryana, Dausa, Lalsot, Sawai Madhopur, Kota,
Jhalawar in the state of Rajasthan, Jaora, Ratlam in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Dahod, Godra and terminating
at its junction with NH48 near Dodka (Vadodara) in the State of Gujarat 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 and
amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the “Rules"), the Central Government, hereby levies the fee on
mechanical vehicles at 125% of the rate specified in Column (2) of the Table 1 (hereinafter referred to as “ base rate")
for net road section length of 24.8045 Km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of
5.2850 Km (having length of 0.5285km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the
use of 8 lane section from Design Km 427+300 to Km 452+425 {length 25.333 Km. {Including 208 mtr( Increased
134 mtr due to re-settling of chainage + 74 mtr increased length due to realignment approved under CoS)} on National
Highway No.NE-4 in the State of Rajasthan, which is part of Expressway notified as NE-4 vide S.O. No. 2142 (E)
dated 03.06.2021 and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said
fee under "Closed User Fee Collection System", namely:-
Table 1
+-------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Type of | Base rate of fee per Km for the |
| vehicle | 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) 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 following Fee Plaza (s) for net
road length specified between any two of such Fee Plazas:
Table -2
+--------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| S. | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in Km) for which fee | Rate at which fee is |
| No. | | is payable (Excluding | payable |
| | | Structures > 60m length) | |
+========+==========================================+==================================================+==============================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
+--------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 1 | Km 434+825(Interchange Fee Plaza) on(Chechat-| as per the distance matrix at | 125% of the base rates |
| | Ramganjmandi Road, SH-9A) | Table No. 3 below | mentioned in Table |
| | Chechat Village in Kota District | | No. - 1 above. |
+--------+------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
Table 3
Distance matrix for net road length (Excluding length of structures >60 m)
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
| Sl. | From | Starting Point at | Fee plaza at | End point |
| No. | | Km | Km | km |
| | | 427+300 | 434+825 | 452+425 |
+========+============================+=============================+=============================+============================+
| 1 | Starting Point at Km | 0.0000 | 7.1965 | 24.8045 |
| | 427+300 | | | |
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having
length more than 60 m at the following Fee Plaza, 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
+-------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
| S.no. | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in Km) for | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | | which fee is | length (in km) | |
| | | payable | | |
+=======+==============================================+=====================================+=============================+===============================+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
+-------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
| 1 | Km 434+825 (Interchange Fee Plaza) | As per the distance | 10 times of the | 125% of the base rates |
| | on (Chechat-Ramganjmandi Road, | matrix for structures | distance as per | mentioned in Table No. - 1 |
| | SH-9A) Chechat Village in Kota | > 60 m length at | col.3 | above. |
| | District | Table 5 | | |
| | | below | | |
+-------+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
Table 5
Distance matrix for road length of structures (> 60m length) between Fee
Plazas x 10
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
| Sl. | From | Starting | Fee plaza | End point |
| No. | | Point at Km | at Km | km |
| | | 427+300 | 434+825 | 452+425 |
+========+============================+=============================+=============================+============================+
| 1 | Starting Point at Km | 0.0000 | 3.2850 | 5.2850 |
| | 427+300 | | | |
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
The details of structures having length more than 60m are as under:
Table-5A
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| Sr.No. | Package | Type of Structure | Design, Km | LengthofStructure (inKm) | EquivalentLength(inKm) |
+========+=========+===================+=============+==============================+========================+
| A | B | C | D | E | F=E x 10 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| 1 | 16 | MJB | 427+816 | 0.120 | 1.200 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| 2 | | MJB | 430+540 | 0.100 | 1.000 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| 3 | | *Interchange | 434+166 | 0.1085 | 1.085 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| | | | | Interchange Fee Plaza (Ch.434+825) | |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| 4 | | MJB | 442+050 | 0.100 | 1.000 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| 5 | | MJB | 451+690 | 0.100 | 1.000 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
| | | Total | | 0.5285 | 5.2850 |
+--------+---------+-------------------+-------------+------------------------------+------------------------+
*Note: The length of structures at Rotary/Ramp Interchanges at Km 434+166(Chechat) has been divided equally for
road length before and after the interchange.
3. The net effective length for which fee shall be due and payable is as under:
Table 6
Distance matrix for total tollable road length (Including equivalent length of structures >60 m length)
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
| Sl. No.| From | Starting Point at Km | Fee plaza at Km | End point km |
| | | 427+300 | 434+825 | 452+425 |
+========+============================+=============================+=============================+============================+
| 1 | Starting Point at Km 427+300| 0.0000 | 10.4815 | 30.0895 |
+--------+----------------------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------+
4. The various types of traffic movements for which the user Fee will be charged on the basis of actual distances
travelled is as under:
Table7A:
Traffic Plying on LHS from Kota District (Rajasthan) to M.P/Rajasthan Border
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SI. | KM | Entry From | Exit To |
| No. | | | |
+========+=========+=============================================================+=================================================================================+
| | | Preceding Fee Plaza at Km. 417+810 PKG-14 Rajasthan Interchange (both Entry & Exit) |
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | 434+825 | Km 434+825 (Interchange Fee Plaza) on | Exit at end chainage of Package -16 (Ch. |
| | | (Chechat-Ramganjmandi Road, SH-9A) | 452+425), Package-17 Start towards MP |
| | | Chechat Village in Kota District | |
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Note: For traffic entry and exit at interchange at Km 434+166, the fee shall be levied from starting of stretch i.e Km
427+300.
Table7B: Traffic Plying on RHS from M.P/Rajasthan Border to Kota District (Rajasthan)
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| SI. | KM | Entry From | Exit To |
| No. | | | |
+========+=========+=============================================================+=================================================================================+
| 1 | 434+825 | Km 434+825 (Interchange Fee Plaza) on | Exit at Km. 417+810 of Package-14 |
| | | (Chechat-Ramganjmandi Road, SH-9A) | (Interchange Fee Plaza) at Village |
| | | Chechat Village in Kota District | Gopalpura (NH-52) |
+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Note: For traffic entry and exit interchange at Km 434+166, the fee shall be levied from starting of stretch i.e
Km 452+425.
5. The vehicle using only a part of the section by crossing a fee plaza shall pay the specified fee for that category of
the vehicle for that plaza only and the vehicle using the whole section shall have an option to pay the whole fee at the
first fee plaza and cross another fee plaza by showing the fee receipt/ Auto Debited.
6. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one- way | Period of Validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+=============================================================+=====================================================+=====================================+
| One and half times of the fee for one-way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time |
| journey* | | of payment |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| fifty single journeys** | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
* Provided that the user uses the same road section between two or more same interchanges Fee Plazas.
** This particular pass will be applicable for traffic plying on complete stretch.
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 rules.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said rules.
10. Based on the Base rate of fee per km 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, each in English and vernacular language accordingly.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs. 919.11 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/13013/CO/23-24/FeeNotification/DVE/Pkg16/E-234769]
SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt.. Secy.
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YADAVA
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