Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27082024-256652 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3287] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd August, 2024 S.O. 3604(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and 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 National Highway No. 965C situated within 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 100% of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 2.008 km [for use of four or more lane section] and at the 60% of the base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 29.0756 km [for use of two lane with paved shoulder section] and equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 0.744 km (having total length of 0.0744 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 Table 1 below of Pandharpur to Sangola section from Design Chainage Km. 48.375 to Km. 79.533 (existing km 51.575 to km 82.800) of National Highway number 965C in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the National Highway 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 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 Km. 67/325 of NH-965C | 29.0756 | 60% for two lanes with paved shoulders, of the | | near Methawade Phata Village, | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | Taluka Sangola, district - Solapur in | 2.008 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | the State of Maharashtra. | | 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 60 m at the following Toll Plaza(s), by converting the length of such structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalisation factor of 10:- TABLE 3 +----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures* (in | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable | | | km) to be converted into | Road length | | | | equivalent road length | (In km) | | +====================================================+===========================+=================+===========================================================================+ | At design Km. 67/325 of NH-965C | 0.0744 | 0.744 | 60% for two lane with paved | | near Methawade Phata Village, Taluka | | | shoulders, of the base rates | | Sangola, district - Solapur in the State | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | | of Maharashtra. | | | | +----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * The details of >60m structure (2 lane Structure) is as under: +---------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sr. No. | From Km. | To Km. | Type of Structure | Length of the structure (in km) | +=========+===========+==========+===================+===================================+ | 1 | 71+0128 | 71+0872 | Major Bridge | 0.0744 | +---------+-----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+ 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 National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. 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 | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +=================================================================+================================+=====================================+ | One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time | | journey | | of payment | | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of payment | | fifty single journeys | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ 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 prescribed 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, as per Rule 10(1A) 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 rules. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said rules. 9. 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. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 218.38 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. RO/MUM/P-1106/2016-17/Toll/E-235061] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. 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