Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24022025-261272 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 921] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025/PHALGUNA 1, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th February, 2025 S.O. 929(E).-—Whereas vide notifications of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.0.1399 (E), dated the 27th September, 2005 and further amendment vide S.O.973(E), dated 09th April 2015, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, the Central Government had entrusted the stretches from Km. 0.000 to Km 218.200 (Nagapattinam – Thanjavur – Trichy – Karur section) of National Highway No.67 in the State of Tamil Nadu respectively 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 subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the "rules") and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 690 (E) dated 05.04.2011, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, 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 52.570 Km [for the use of 4 or more lane section] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.20 Km (having length of 0.12 Km ) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 3.80 Km costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) Table-1 below of the four laning of Thanjavur – Trichy section from design Km 80.000 to Km 136.490 (existing Km 80.000 to Km 135.750) of NH-67 (New No.83) in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorise 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| | (1) | (in Rupees) | | | (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)| 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 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| +==================================================================+==============================================+=============================+ | At design Km 120.900 of NH-83, Valavanthankotta Village, | 52.570 Km | 100% for 4 lane of the | | Tiruchirappalli District in the state of Taminadu. | | 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 bypass costing Rs.10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): Table -3 +---------------------------------+---------------+--------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (Ch ainage)| Name of the | Taking | Length and Cost of bypass for which | Rate at which | | | Bypass | Off | additional Fee is payable | fee is | | | | | +--------------+---------------+ | payable | | | | | Length | Cost (in Rs. | | | | | | | (in Km.) | Crore) | | | +=================================+===============+==============+================+===============+=============+ | At design Km 120.900 of | | Design Km | Design Km | | | 150% for four | | NH-83, | | 93.800 | 97.600 | | | and more lane of | | Valavanthankotta Village, | Vallam Bypass | (existing Km | (existing Km | 3.80 | 18.83 | the base rates | | Tiruchirappalli District in the | | 93.320 | 97.350) | | | mentioned in | | state of Taminadu. | | | | | | Table-1 above | +---------------------------------+---------------+--------------+----------------+---------------+-------------+ 3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length more than 60mt 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structure s (in km) to be converted| Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable| | | into equivalent road length | length (in km) | | +==================================================================+==============================================+=======================+=============================+ | At design Km 120.900 of NH-83, Valavanthankotta Village, | 0.120^ | 1.20 | 100% for four or more lane | | Tiruchirappalli District in the state of Taminadu. | | | of the base rates mentioned | | | | | in Table-1 above | +------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------+ ^The details are as under: - +-----------+------------+--------------------+---------------+ | Chainage | | Structure | Length (in Km)| | From Km | To Km | Type | | +===========+============+====================+===============+ | 127.525 | 127.645 | Flyover | 0.120 | +-----------+------------+--------------------+---------------+ | Total | | | 0.120 | +-----------+------------+--------------------+---------------+ 4. 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/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:- Table-5 +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way journeys| Period of validity | | | allowed | | +==========================================+===================================+===============================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for one| Two | Twenty-four hours from the time| | way journey | | of payment | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the Fee payable | Fifty | One month from date of payment| | for fifty single journeys | | | +------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------+ 6. 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. 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 said rules. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 10. 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 626.98 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. KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. [F.No. Lr.No. 356 Publishing of Fresh Fee Notification for Valavanthankottai Toll Plaza-Submitted/E-240633]