Publication of user fee notification

5447 GI/202 3 (1) रजजस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3624] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY , AUGUST 24, 2023/ BHADRA 2, 1945 CG-DL-E-24082023-248302 (1) (2) 19.350 पर 39.142 60% 1 30.450 30.594 बड़ा पुल 0.144 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd August, 2023 S.O. 3784(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways numbe r S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October, 2021 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956, the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of National Highway No. 161A situated within the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra; 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‖), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at 60% of the base rate specified in column (2) of Table 1 for net road section length of 39.142 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.44 km (having length of 0.144 km) on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulders of Akola – Deori – Akot section from design kilometer 8.364 to kilometer 24.250 & kilometer 27.200 to kilometer 50 .600 (length = 39.286 Km) of National Highway No. 161A and authorises the National Highways Authority of India 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 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 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. 19.350 of NH - 161A near Ugwa village Taluka Akola Dist. - Akola in the State of Maharashtra. 39.142 [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, 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) Leng th of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At design Km. 19.350 of NH - 161A near Ugwa village Taluka Akola Dist. - Akola in the State of Maharashtra. 0.144 km^ 1.44 km 60% for two lane paved shoulders of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 30.450 30.594 Major Bridge 0.144 Total 0.144 3. The rate of monthly pas s for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non -commercial purposes and resides within a distance of twenty kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 330.00 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision ev ery 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 one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and one -half times of the fee for one way journey 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 vehic les 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 mech anical 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 r ule 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 Nationa l Highways Authority of India 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 313.95 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separa tely]. The National 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 leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No. RO/MUM/P -1084/Toll/2023 -24/E -223438] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Secy . 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.