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Levy of user fee under section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 for the Beawar-Asind section of NH158 in Ajmer district, Rajasthan.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, via notification S.O. 4625(E) dated 20th October 2023, recites that by earlier notification S.O. 4203(E) dated 11th October 2021 issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government had entrusted the Km 30.050 to Km 74.000 (Beawar-Asind section) stretch of NH158 in Rajasthan to the State Government of Rajasthan, and now, in exercise of powers under section 7 of the said Act read with rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, levies fee at 60% of the base rates specified in Table 1 (for base year 2007-08) for a net road section length of 43.770 km and equivalent structure length of 1.80 km (actual major bridge length 0.180 km, Km 71.689 to 71.869), payable at the fee plaza at Km 39.675 of NH-158 near Jaswantpura village, Ajmer district, and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect the fee; it prescribes a monthly pass of Rs. 330.00 for 2023-24 for local residents within twenty kilometres, multiple-journey pass rates, a 50% concession for local commercial vehicles absent alternative roads, overload penalties under rule 10(1A), and states the estimated capital cost of the project as Rs. 246.48 Crore, subject to revision after completion of land acquisition and civil works, with the fee to reduce to 40% of base rates after capital cost recovery; signed by Suman Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary, under File No. NH-12014/33/2020-RO Jaipur-Part(1)/E-220752.

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6717 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. 4446] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20, 2023/ ASVINA 28, 1945 CG-DL-E-23102023-249641 (1) (2) 60% 1 71.689 71. 869 मेिर जिि 0.180 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th October , 2023 S.O. 4625(E).—Whereas by notification of the Gover nment of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4203(E) , dated the 11th October, 2021issued under section 05 of National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Km 30.050 to km 74.000 (Beawar – Asind section) of National Highway Number 158 in the state of Rajasthan to State Government of Rajasthan. 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 Na tional Highways Fee (determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 (here in after referred to as the “rules”), the Central Government here by levies the fee at 60% of rates specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 43.770 K m and for equivalent structure length (having length more than the 60 m) of 1.80 km. (having length of 0.180 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 Beawar -Asind Section from design kilometre 30.050 to kilometer 74.000 of National Highway number 158 (existing chainage - from Km 103.570 to Km 53.448 of MDR -84) in the state of Rajasthan and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its officia ls or through contractor, the said fee, namely: - Table -1 Type Of Vehicle Base rate of the fee as 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 axles) 3.45 Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) 4.20 1. The fee to be l evied 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 the Toll Plaza (Chainage) Length (in Km) for which Fee is Payable Rate at which fee is Payable At km ch. 39.675 NH -158 near Jaswantpura village in Ajmer District of the State of Rajasthan 43.770 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in the Table -1 above 2. In addition to the above, the following fee shall also be due and payabl e for the use the following structure having length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza(s), by converting the length of the structure in to an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structure by an equalisation factor of 10:- Table-3 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 km ch.39.675 NH -158 near Jaswantpura village in Ajmer District of the State of Rajasthan. 0.180 1.80 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in the Table -1 above The details are as under: Chainage Type of Structure Length (in Km) From Km To Km 1 71.689 71.869 Major Bridge 0.180 Total 0.180 3. 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. 330.00 (Rupees Three Hundred and Thirty only) for the year 2023-24 and is subjected to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: Table -4 Amount Payable Maximum member of one way journey allowed Period of validity One and half times of the fee for one way journey Two Twenty Four Hours from time of payment Two-third of amount of the fee payable for fifty single journeys Fifty One month from date of payment 5. Fee for commercial vehicles (excluding v ehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the prescribed rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 6. The d river or owner or person in charge of mechanical vehicles which is loaded in excess permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay for fee entering the overloaded vehicle on National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to fee s pecified in sub -rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be entitled to make use of highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle. 7. 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. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rule. 9. Based on the Base r ate 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 vehicle and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highways Authority of India on the basis of 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. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 246.48 Crore [The Capital cost is subjected to variation as activities of the land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement, civil works are in progress and financial closure of the project is yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The Nat ional Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised and after recovery of the capital cost; the fee livable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No. NH-12014/33/2020 -RO Jaipur -Part(1)/E -220752 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Sec y. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controll er of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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