Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24082024-256628 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3288] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024/BHADRA 1, 1946 5398 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd August, 2024 S.O. 3605(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 4201 (E) dated 11th Oct 2021, issued under section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the NH no. 548A in 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 and amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as the "said Rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at sixty per cent of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 41.771 km on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulders of Indapur to Agardanda Section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 42.345 (existing km 0.000 to km 43.925) of National Highway Number 548A in the State of Maharashtra 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| 3.45 | | (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ 1. The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza: Table 2 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for | Rate at which fee is payable | | | which Fee is | | | | payable | | +=======================================================================================================+==================================+===========================================================================+ | At design chainage Km. 38+280 near Usadi | 41.771 | 60% of the base rates for two lanes with | | village Taluka Murud of District Raigad in the | | paved shoulder section mentioned in | | State of Maharashtra. | | Table-1 above | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. 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 National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. 3. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:- Table-3 +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +===================================================+=================================================+===================================+ | One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the | | journey | | time of payment | +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of | | fifty single journeys | | payment | +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 4. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles 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. 5. 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. 6. 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 rules. 7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said rules. 8. Based on the Base rate 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 vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National 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, each in English and vernacular language accordingly. 9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 388.71 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, price adjustments, GST etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. RO/MUM/P-1092/2016-17/Toll/E-229960] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.