Publication of user fee notification

6716 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. 4445] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20, 2023/ ASVINA 28, 1945 CG-DL-E-23102023-249645 (1) (2) 63.462 100% 1 345.414 345.694 बड़ा पुल 0.280 3 363.509 363.638 फ़्लाइओवर 0.129 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th October , 2023 S.O. 4624 (E).—Whereas by notification of the Gov ernment of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 78 (E) dated the 4th February, 1999 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch fro m kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 592.000 (Bangalore to Karnataka/Maharashtra Border section) of National Highway No. 4 (New NH -48) in the State of Karnataka, 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 the notification bearing S.O. 1592(E) dated 16.07.2012,Z 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 63.462 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 5.38 km (having length of 0.538 km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Gabbur to Devgiri from design kilometer 340.000 to kilometer 404.000 (existing Km 340.000 to Km 40 4.000) of National Highway number 4 in the State of Karnataka 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 Equipm ent (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 levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) nam ely:- Table 2 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km/Ch.352.550 of NH -4 near Bankapur in Haveri district of Karnataka State 63.462 [excluding length of Bypass (costing > 10 Cr.) and len gth of Structures (>60m)] 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 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 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 -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.352.550 of NH -4 near Bankapur in Haveri district of Karnataka State 0.538 5.380 100% for four or more Lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above The details are as under: - S. No. Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 345.414 345.694 Major Bridge 0.280 2 356.271 356.400 Flyover 0.129 3 363.509 363.638 Flyover 0.129 Total 0.538 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 (Rupees Three Hundred Thirty Only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision s 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 number of one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and half -times of the fee for one way jou rney 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 payment 5. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the dis trict 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. 6. The driver or owner or a person in charge of mechanical vehicle w hich 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 r ules, and shall not be entitled to make use of the 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 rules. 9. 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 th e 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 2829.43 Crore [the capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land a cquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised and after recovery of the capi tal cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance in the said rules. [F. No NHAI/13013/547/CO/20 -21/Haveri -Hubli/BankapurTollaplaza/E -223806 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy . Uploaded by Dte. of Pr inting at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.