Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-25102024-258227 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4281] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024/KARTIKA 2, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2024 S.O. 4657(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 5567 (E) dated the 29th October 2018 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of new National Highway No.50 (Maharashtra/Karnataka border-Bidar-Humnabad section) in the State of Karnataka to the State Government of Karnataka. 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 at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length 35.70 Km [at sixty percent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section: Table-2], 6.173 Km [at hundred percent of the base rate for use of four lane section: Table-2], for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 4.69Km (having length of 0.469Km) [at hundred percent of the base rate for use of four lane section: Table-4] and net bypass length 4.688Km [at 150% of the base rate for use of four lane section: Table-3] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below Bidar-Humnabad section from kilometer 54.370 to kilometer 101.400 of National Highway number 50 in the State of Karnataka and authorises the National Highway Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, 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| 1.05 | | Mini Bus | | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | +------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth | 3.45 | | Moving 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 here under 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 | Rate at which fee is payable | | | which Fee is payable | | +=========================================================+==============================+===================================================+ | From Km 67+400 to Km 67+800 | 35.70 | 60% for 2 lane with paved shoulder, of the base | | (Design Ch.)-Near Khadernagar | | rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Village, Bidar Dist., Karnataka State | | | +---------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | | 6.173 | 100% for four or more lane, 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 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 | Name of the| Taking off| Merging at | Length and Cost of bypass | Rate at which fee is | | (Chainage) | Bypass | | | for which additional fee is | payable | | | | | | payable | | | | | | +--------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+ | | | | | Length (km) | Cost (In Cr.) | | +===================================+============+===========+==============+==============+----------------------+=============================+ | From Km 67+400 to | | | | | | | | Km 67+800 (Design | Humnabad | 96+640 | 101+400 | 4.688 | 34.03 | 150% for four lane, of | | Ch.)-Near | Bypass | | | | | the base rates | | Khadernagar Village, | | | | | | mentioned in Table-1 | | Bidar Dist., Karnataka | | | | | | above | | State | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------+------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+ 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 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-4 +---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | (chainage) | km) to be converted into | length (in km) | | | | equivalent road length | | | +=========================================================+==============================================+============================+===================================================+ | From Km 67+400 to Km 67+800 | 0.469^ | 4.69 | 100% for four or more lane, of the | | (Design Ch.)-Near Khadernagar | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 | | Village, Bidar Dist., Karnataka | | | above. | | State | | | | +---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ ^ Details of structures over 60m are as under: +-------+---------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | S.No. | Structure | Design Chainage (Km) | Length in km | +=======+===============+=========================+================+ | 1 | Major Bridge | 73.686 | 0.317 | +-------+---------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | 2 | Major Bridge | 81.655 | 0.080 | +-------+---------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | 3 | Major Bridge | 100.418 | 0.072 | +-------+---------------+-------------------------+----------------+ | Total Length | | 0.469 | +-------+---------------+-------------------------+----------------+ 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. 340.00* (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty rupees 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 | Period of validity | | | journeys 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. 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 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 inTable-1 above, the actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National Highway 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. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 304.23 Crore and the capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, 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._RW/BNG/NH-50/Km. 54-101/96/2019(pt)/E-237097] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 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