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Central Government levies fees on mechanical vehicles for using a section of National Highway 92 (New NH-234) in Uttar Pradesh and authorizes fee collection.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notification levies fees on mechanical vehicles for using a 57.183 km section of National Highway 92 (New NH-234) in Uttar Pradesh, from Bewar Village to Etawah. This is authorized under the National Highways Act, 1956 and the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008. The fee, effective at a toll plaza near Bakhtyarpur and Bahadurpur Luhiya village in Etawah district, is 60% of the base rate from 2007-08, as detailed in Table 1. Rates are defined for various vehicle types, including cars, buses, trucks, and heavy machinery. Monthly passes at Rs 340 are available for non-commercial vehicles within 20km. Additional fees apply for structures over 60m. The National Highways Authority of India is authorized to collect these fees.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27012025-260504 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 444] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025/MAGHA 4, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th January, 2025 S.O. 448(E).- Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways S.O. 3033 (E) dated 22.06.2018 issued under Section 5 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway No. 92 (New NH-234) in the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh. 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 the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 57.183 km [Table-2] at 60% of the base rate for 2 lane with paved shoulder section and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) 1.63 km (having length of 0.163 km [Table-3]) at 60 % of the base rates for the use of two lane with paved shoulder of Bewar Village to Etawah section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 57.346 (existing km 0.433 to km 57.588) of National Highway number 92 (New NH-234) in the State of Uttar Pradesh and authorizes 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) | 3.45 | | 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 hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: - Table 2 +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Location Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length in km for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +==============================================+===========================================+================================------------+ | At Km/Ch. 44.775 of NH-92 (New NH- | 57.183 | 60% for two lane with paved | | 234) near Bakhtyarpur and Bahadurpur | | shoulders, of the base rates mentioned | | Luhiya village in Etawah district of Uttar | | in Table-1 above | | Pradesh | | | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Total Road Length | 57.183 | - | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 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 Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road | Road length (in km) | Payable | | | length | | | +==============================================+==================================================================+=========================+============================================+ | At Km/Ch. 44.775 of NH-92 (New NH- | 0.163 | 0.163 | 60% for two lane with | | 234) near Bakhtyarpur and Bahadurpur | | | paved shoulders, of | | Luhiya village in Etawah district of Uttar | | | the base rates | | Pradesh | | | mentioned in Table-1 | | | | | above | +----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ The details are as under:- +-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+ | S.No. | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | | | From Km | To Km | | | +=======+==========+==========+===================+=================+ | 1 | 2+136 | 2+220 | Major Bridge | 0.084 | +-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 2 | 15+423 | 15+502 | Major Bridge | 0.079 | +-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+ | | Total | | | 0.163 | +-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+ 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 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 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 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 | +----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 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 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 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 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 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 in English and vernacular language. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 211.09 crore. 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. PIU-MoRT&H/FRK/NH-92-II/TollPlaza/2024-25/E-242467] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.

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