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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24022025-261265
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 920]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025/PHALGUN 28, 1946
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th February, 2025
S.O. 928(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3032(E) dated the 22th June 2018, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority
of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No-731 (highway starting
from its junction NH-31 near Saidpur connecting Khuthan, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Lucknow, Hardoi, Shajahanpur and
terminating at Paliya in the State of Uttar Pradesh) in the State of Uttar Pradesh 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 the 100% of rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 53.526 km [Table-2]
and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 4.640 km (having structure length 0.4640 km
[Table-3]) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four and more lane of
section End of Hardoi Bypass to End of Hardoi District (from Km. 175.080 – Km. 229.070) of National Highway
number 731 in the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through
a contractor from the date of end of concession period with concessionaire the said fee, as under:
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 | 3.45 |
| Equipment (EME) 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 Fee Plaza for net length
specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely:
Table-2
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza(s) | Length (in Km.) for which Fee is | Rate at which |
| (chainage) | payable | fee is payable |
+===================================================================================================+===============================================+=================================================================================+
| At km/Ch.183.627 near village | 53.526 Km. | 100% for four or more lanes, |
| Balleepur in Hardoi Dist. of Uttar | [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] | of the base rates mentioned in |
| Pradesh (Km. 175.080 to Km | | Table-1 above |
| 229.070) | | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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(s) | Length of | Equivalent | Rate at which |
| (chainage) | structures (in km) to be | Road length | fee is payable |
| | converted into | (in km) | |
| | equivalent road length | | |
+====================================================================================================+=====================================================================+================================+===================================================================================+
| At km/Ch.183.627 near | 0.4640^ | 4.640 | 100% for four or |
| village Balleepur in Hardoi Dist. of | | | more lanes, of the base |
| Uttar Pradesh (Km. 175.080 to Km | | | rates mentioned in Table- |
| 229.070) | | | 1 above |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The details are as under:
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
| S. No. | | Chainage | Type of structure| Length (in Km)|
| | From Km | To Km | | |
+=======+===========+===========+==================+==============+
| 1 | Km 188.069| Km 188.159| Major Bridge | 0.090 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
| 2 | Km 190.938| Km 191.028| VUP | 0.090 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
| 3 | Km 194.532| Km 194.732| Major Bridge | 0.200 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
| 4 | Km 199.831| Km 199.915| ROB | 0.084 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
| | Total | | | 0.4640 |
+-------+-----------+-----------+------------------+--------------+
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.340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred
Forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject 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 number of | Period of Validity |
| | one way journeys allowed | |
+=================================================+=============================================+====================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of payment|
| one way journey | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee | Fifty | One month from date of payment |
| payable for fifty single journeys | | |
+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
5. 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.
6. 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.
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 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 1138.81 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. UPDIV-20013/23/2024-PIU Lucknow/E-245719]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
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