Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-29072024-255880 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2876] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024/SHRAVANA 7, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th July, 2024 S.O.3017(E).-—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number S.O. 994 (E) dated the 4th May, 2011 issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1998), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch of Solapur-Yedishi- Aurangabad-Dhule Section of NH-52 (Old NH-211) from Km. 0.000 to Km. 452.800 in the State of Maharashtra 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 and subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at 100% of the base rate specified in column (2) of Table 1 for net road section length of 66.415 km and for equivalent length (having length more than 60m) of 8.16 Km (having length of 0.816 Km) for the use of four lane section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of Table 1 below of Bodhre - Dhule section from Design Chainage Km 390.000 to Km 457.231 of NH-52 (Old NH-211) in the State of Maharashtra 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 if 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) | 3.45 | | (four to six axles) | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Over-Sized 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 the net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s) namely: TABLE-2 +-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Toll Plaza (chainage) | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | The rate at which the fee is payable | +===========================================================+===============================================+=================================================+ | At Design Km 444.540 at Borvihir village of Dhule District| 66.415 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rates | | in the state of Maharashtra | [Excluding length of structures (>60m)] | mentioned in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ 2. The following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs. 10 crores or more at the following Fee Plaza for the net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): TABLE-3 +------------------------------+--------------------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length | Cost (in | The rate at which the fee is payable| | (Chainage) | | | | (In Km) | Rs. Crore) | | +==============================+====================+============+============+==============+===================+====================================+ | NIL | +------------------------------+--------------------+------------+------------+--------------+-------------------+------------------------------------+ 3. In addition to the above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having a length of more than 60m at the following Fee Plazas, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of the highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10: - TABLE-4 +-----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (Chainage) | Length of structures* (in km) to be converted into| Equivalent road length (in km) | The rate at which the fee is payable | | | equivalent road length | | | +===========================================================+===================================================+===================================+=================================================+ | At Design Km 444.540 at Borvihir village of Dhule District| 0.816 | 8.16 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base rate | | in the state of Maharashtra | | | mentioned in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ * The details are as under: +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | Sr. No. | Chainage | Type of Structure | Length (in km)| | +------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | | From Km | To Km | | | +==========+============+============+===================+===============+ | 1. | 399.004 | 399.076 | Major Bridge | 0.072 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | 2. | 402.077 | 402.194 | Major Bridge | 0.117 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | 3. | 415.583 | 415.830 | Major Bridge | 0.247 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | 4. | 436.754 | 436.943 | Major Bridge | 0.189 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | 5. | 402.822 | 402.912 | ROB | 0.090 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | 6. | 451.545 | 451.647 | ROB | 0.101 | +----------+------------+------------+-------------------+---------------+ | Total Structure Length in Km which is >60m in length | 0.816 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ 4. The rate of a 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/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024-2025 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of said Fee 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 journeys allowed | Period of validity | +=================================================================+===================================================+===================================================+ | One and one-half times the fee for the one-way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the time of payment | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Two-thirds of the amount of the fee is payable for fifty single | Fifty | One month from the date of payment | | journeys. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ 6. Fee for commercial vehicles (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 more than the permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay a 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 the 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 the information of the users by rule 12 of the said rules. 10. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007-2008 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 based on the completed length of the section and revised annually by 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 1389.52 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 Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through the user fee realised. [F. No. NHAI/PIU-Dhule/NH-52(OldNH-211)/TollFee/2023/E-235235] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. 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