Publication of fee notification

6753 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. 4458] NEW DELHI, MON DAY , OCTOBER 23, 2023/ KARTIKA 1, 1945 CG-DL-E-25102023-249661 (1) (2) 0.525 100% क ु ल 0.525 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 23rd October , 2023 S.O. 4637(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways [number S.O. 1097(E) dated the 04th August, 2005] issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from kilometer Km. 239.000 to Km. 282.000 of NH -6 (New NH -53) in the State of Chhattisgarh to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”); Now, therefore, in exer cise 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 the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 1.94 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 5.25km (having length of 0.525km) specified in colum n (1) of the Table 1 below for four or more lane of Raipur -Aurang section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 3.565 (existing km 282.620 to km 281.00) of National Highway number 53 (Old NH -6) in the State of Chhattisgarh 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 Km/Ch. 285/2 of NH -53 (Old NH -06) near Kumhari village in Durg District of State Chhattisgarh 1.94 [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr.) & length of structures (>60m)] 100% for four or more lan e 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 structu res 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 le ngth (in km .) Rate at which fee is payable At Km/Ch. 285/2 of NH -53 (Old NH -06) near Kumhari Village in Durg District of State Chhattisgarh 0.525 5.25 100% for four or more lanes of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under: - Chainage Type of Structure Length9 (in Km .) From Km . To Km . 1 0+775 1+020 Flyover (Durg -Aurang) 0.245 2 0+880 1+010 Flyover (Raipur City) 0.130 3 0+770 0+920 Flyover (Ring Road 2) 0.150 Total 0.525 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.330.000 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the pr ovisions 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 f or 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 vehicles plying under National permit) regis tered in the istrict 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 r ule 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 pe r 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 a nnually 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 128.22 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 separately]. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realis ed 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. -25014/30/PIURPR/TATI/TollFeeNotification/E -221645 ] 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 Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.