Publication of user fee notification

5516 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. 3664] NEW DELHI , MON DAY , AUGUST 28, 2023/ BHADRA 6, 1945 CG-DL-E-29082023-248400 (1) (2) 100% 41.369 21.406 264.649 चार अथवा 223301 ] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 8th August, 2023 S.O. 3 825(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O.1055(E), dated 12th March 2020, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the Patas – Velapur section of NH 965G from Km 0.000 to Km 137.480 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 Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Colle ction) Rule, 2008 (herein 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 19.850 km for the use of four and more lane sectio n and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 1.13 km (having length of 0.113 Km) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 21.406 km costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Patas -Baramati section from Design Chainage Km 0.000 to Km 41.369 of National Highway number 965G in the State of Maharashtra and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contract or, 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 hereunde r 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 payable Rate at which fee is payable At Km 18.585 of NH -965G near Undewadi (S) village in Pune District of Maharashtra 19.850 [Excluding length of Bypass (costing>10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] 100% for four and more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due an d 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 Bypass Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of bypass fo r which additional fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable Length (in Km.) Cost (in Rs. Crore) At Km 18.585 of NH-965G near Undewadi(S) village in Pune District of Maharashtra Baramati Design Km 19.850 Design Km 41.369 21.406 264.649 150% for four and more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above Total Length 21.406 3. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza, by con verting 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 (Chainage) Length of Structures^ (in km) to be converted into equivalent roa d length Equivalent road length (in km) Rate at which fee is payable At Km 18.585 of NH -965G near Undewadi(S) village in Pune District of Maharashtra 0.113^ 1.130 100% for four and more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under : - Sr. No. Chainage Type of Structure Length (in Km) From Km To Km 1 28.914 29.027 Flyover cum ROB 0.113 Total 0.113 Km 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non -commercial purposes and resides within a distance to twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs. 330.00 (Rupees Three Hundred Thirty Only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the said rules. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, pas ses 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 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 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 prescribed 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 c ategory, 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 secti on 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 specifi ed in the said rules. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules. 10. 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 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 Rs. 1349.09 Cr . [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized and after recovery of the capital cost, the fee leviable shall be reduced to 40% of the rates and shall be revised annually in accordance with the said rules. [F. No . NHAI/PIU/PNDR/NH965G/STMPM/Pkg1/TollNotification/April2023/E -223301 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.