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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29072024-255846
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2837]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024/SHRAVANA 4, 1946
4622 GI/2024
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th July, 2024
S.O. 2978(E). - Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways number S.O. 3447 (E), dated the 08th October 2013 issued under Section 11 of the National
Highways Authority of India Act 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Kilometre
0.00 to Kilometre 127.00 (Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section) of National Highway Number 83 in the State of Bihar to the
National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the "Authority");
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 66.053 Kilometre and for equivalent structure
length (having length more than 60m) of 24.830 Kilometre(having length of 2.483 km) and at one and one half times
the base rate for bypasses having length of 58.681 Kilometre costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles
specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four or more lane of Patna-Gaya-Dobhi section from
design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 127.217 (existing Kilometre 0.000 to Kilometre 127.000) of National Highway
number 22(Old NH 83) in the State of Bihar and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or
through a contractor, the said fee, namely:-
Table-1
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Type of vehicle | Base rate of fee per Kilometrefor 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| 3.45 |
| (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 hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road
length specified for such Fee Plaza, namely:-
Table-2
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| | payable | |
+=====================================================+=========================================================+=====================================================+
| At Design Kilometre 52.662 (Existing km | 28.552 | 100% for four or more lane of |
| 52.662) at Devkuli Village of Jehanabad | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing | the base rates mentioned in |
| District in Bihar State. | >10 Cr.) and length of structures | Table-1 above |
| | (>60m)] | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Design km 111.145 (Existing chainage | 37.501 | 100% for four or more lane of |
| 111.145) at Jindapur Village of Gaya | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing | the base rates mentioned in |
| District in Bihar State. | >10 Cr.) and length of structures | Table-1 above |
| | (>60m)] | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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: -
Table-3
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging | Length | Cost | Rate at which fee is |
| | Bypass | | at | (in Km.) | (in Rs. | payable |
| | | | | | Crore) | |
+===========================================+===================+===================+===================+==========+=========+=====================================================+
| At Design Kilometre 52.662 | Patna Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 7.162 | 119.18 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 0.000 | 7.250 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| | | | | | | in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| (Existing km 52.662) at Devkuli Village of| Pothi Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 2.262 | 37.61 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| Jehanabad District in Bihar State. | | 13.261 | 15.523 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Neema/Nadwan Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 2.867 | 47.59 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 17.622 | 20.528 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Masaurhi Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 4.500 | 74.88 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 22.230 | 26.730 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Jehanabad Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 8.688 | 93.37 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 39.000 | 47.900 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Tehta Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 2.440 | 27.52 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 54.610 | 57.050 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Makhdumpur Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 4.615 | 52.05 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 57.980 | 62.750 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Design km 111.145 (Existing chainage | Belaganj Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 2.225 | 23.69 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| 111.145) at Jindapur Village of Gaya | | 71.675 | 73.900 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
| District in Bihar State. |-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| | Gaya Bypass | Design Kilometre | Design Kilometre | 23.922 | 259.46 | 150% for four or more lane, |
| | | 83.000 | 107.671 | | | ofthe base rates mentioned |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+----------+---------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 km) | Equivalent | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | to be converted into | road length | |
| | equivalent road length | (in km) | |
+===========================================+===============================================+===================================+=====================================================+
| At Design Kilometre 52.662 | 1.664^ | 16.640 | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| (Existing km 52.662) at Devkuli | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| Village of Jehanabad District | | | above |
| in Bihar State. | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Design km 111.145 (Existing chainage | 0.819^^ | 8.190 | 100% for four or more lane, of the |
| 111.145) at Jindapur Village of Gaya | | | base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| District in Bihar State. | | | above |
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^The detail is as under:
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in |
| | From Kilometre | To Kilometre | | Kilometre) |
+===+================+================+=================+=================+
| 1 | 4.411 | 4.499 | ROB-1 | 0.088 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 7.586 | 7.720 | Major Bridge | 0.134 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 9.153 | 9.367 | Major Bridge | 0.214 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 4 | 9.662 | 9.818 | Major Bridge | 0.156 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 5 | 12.046 | 12.150 | ROB-2 | 0.104 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 6 | 15.975 | 16.131 | Major Bridge | 0.156 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 7 | 16.556 | 16.631 | Major Bridge | 0.075 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 8 | 16.910 | 17.183 | Major Bridge | 0.273 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 9 | 17.564 | 17.661 | Major Bridge | 0.097 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 10 | 39.940 | 40.036 | ROB-3 | 0.096 |
+----+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 11 | 45.077 | 45.193 | Major Bridge | 0.116 |
+----+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 12 | 61.974 | 62.045 | Major Bridge | 0.071 |
+----+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 13 | 62.459 | 62.543 | Major Bridge | 0.084 |
+----+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
^^The detail is as under:
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| | Chainage | | Type of Structure | Length (in |
| | From Kilometre | To Kilometre | | Kilometre) |
+===+================+================+=================+=================+
| 1 | 92.644 | 93.324 | ROB-4 &5 | 0.68 |
| | | | (Including | |
| | | | viaduct) | |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 96.505 | 96.574 | Major Bridge | 0.069 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 107.965 | 108.035 | Flyover | 0.07 |
+---+----------------+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs 340.000 (Rupees Three Hundred
and Forty 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 | Period of validity |
| | one way journeys | |
| | allowed | |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one | Two | Twenty four hours from the time of payment |
| way journey | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 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 commercial vehicles.
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 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.
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 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 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 4836.46 crore. The capital cost is subjected to
variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The Authority
shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. NHAI/13013/CO/23-24/FeeNotification/Patna-Gaya-DobhiSection(km0.000to127.217)/E-236038]
SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Joint Secy.
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