Publication of user fee notification

5544 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. 3674] NEW DELH I, TUES DAY , AUGUST 29, 2023/ BHADRA 7, 1945 CG-DL-E-29082023-248421 CG-DL-E-29082023-248421 (1) (2) MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 9th August, 2023 S.O. 3835(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. 353C situated within the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra; Now, ther efore, in exerc ise 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 Centr al Government h ereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 3.370 km . [for the use of four and more alone section] and 19.930 km . at sixty per cent of the base rate for use of t wo lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Sakoli Bhandara Section from design kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 55.875 (existing km . 72.920 to km . 128.795) of National Highway number 353C in the St ate of Maha rashtra and authorises 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) or Multi Axle Veh icle (MAV) (four to six axles) 3.45 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 of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length (in km .) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At design Km . 28.400 of NH - 353C near village Sakhara in Lakhandur taluka district Bhandara in the State of Maharashtra 3.37 km . 100% for four or more lane , of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 19.93 km . 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 2. 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. 330 (Three Hundred and Thirty Rupees only) for the year 2023 -24 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 3. For multiple journeys on the highway s ection, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: - Table -3 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 4. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the s pecified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 5. 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, s hall 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. 6. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road, etc. shall be as p er definitions spec ified in the said rules. 7. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 8. 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. 9. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 219.16 crore. [The capital cost is subject to variation as the activi ties of land acqui sition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed and the final capital cost will be notified separately]. The National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fe e realised and aft er 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. RO/MUM/P -1090/2016 -17/E -213862 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH , Jt. Sec y. Uploaded by Dte. of Print ing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the C ontroller of Publications, Delhi -110054.