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Notification under Section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 levying user fee for mechanical vehicles on the Sangola-Jath section of NH-965G in Maharashtra.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, by notification S.O. 3785(E) dated 23rd August 2023 (F. No. RO/MUM/P-1231/2017-18/E-183668), notes that the Sangola-Jath stretch of NH-965G (design Km 00.000 to 44.784, existing Km 185.339 to Km 230.123) in Maharashtra was entrusted to the State Government of Maharashtra under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) via notification S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021, and now, under Section 7 of the Act read with rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, levies a fee on mechanical vehicles for a net road length of 1.304 km (four-and-more-lane section) and 43.22 km (two-lane paved-shoulder section at 60% of base rate), plus equivalent structure length of 2.6 km for bridges totalling 0.26 km, and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect the fee, either directly or through a contractor, at Table-1 base rates for 2007-08 ranging from Rs. 0.65/km for cars/jeeps/vans to Rs. 4.20/km for oversized seven-plus-axle vehicles, payable at the fee plaza at Km 33.600 near Shegaon village, Taluka Jath, District Sangli; the notification also fixes a monthly local-resident pass of Rs. 330 for 2023-24, sets multiple-journey pass rates (Table-4), grants a 50% fee discount for local commercial vehicles absent a service road alternative, imposes overload penalties per rule 10(1A), states the estimated capital cost of the project as Rupees 257.38 crore (subject to revision), and provides that the fee shall reduce to 40% of the rates once NHAI's capital cost is recovered, with the notification signed by Suman Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary.

Full Text

5448 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. 3625] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY , AUGUST 24, 2023/ BHADRA 2, 1945 CG-DL-E-26082023-248366 (1) (2) 0.65 1.05 1 4.460 4.640 बड़ा पुल 0.180 2 18.105 18.185 बड़ा पुल 0.080 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 3rd August, 2023 S.O. 3785(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport a nd Highways [number S.O. 4201(E) dated 11th October 2021] issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of Sangola -Jath from design kilometer 00.000 to kilometer 44.784 (Existing Km. 185.339 to Km 230.123) of NH -965G in the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sectio n 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 ve hicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 1.304 km [for the use of four and more lane section] and 43.22 km [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] and for equivale nt structure length (having length of more than 60m) of 2.6 km. (having length of 0.26 km.) [at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Sangola -Jath section from design kilometer 00.000 to kilometer 44.784 (Existing Km. 185.339 to Km 230.123) of National Highway number NH 965G in the state of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highways Authority of India to collect, either through its offic ials 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 33.6 00 of NH -965G near Shegaon village, Taluka Jath, District Sangali in the State of Maharashtra. 1.304 100% for four and more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 43.22 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Ta ble-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) Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payab le At Km 33.600 of NH -965G near Shegaon village, Taluka Jath, District Sangali in the State of Maharashtra. 0.26 km^ 2.6 Km 60% for two lane with 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 4.460 4.640 Major Bridge 0.180 2 18.105 18.185 Major Bridge 0.080 Total 0.260 3. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non -commercial purposes and resides wit hin a distance of twenty kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs. 330 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 4. For multiple journeys on the highway sectio n, 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 vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the specifie d rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative 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 enter ing 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 fr om 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 sh all be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 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 v ehicles 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 on e newspaper in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 257.38 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be comple ted and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. 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 reduce d to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No. RO/MUM/P -1231/2017 -18/E -183668] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Sec y. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, M ayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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