Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-29082024-256708 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3318] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2024/BHADRA 6, 1946 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th August, 2024 S.O. 3635(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number vide S.O. 254(E) dated 18th January of 2024, issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the national highways 353J starting from its junction with NH-53 near Fetri (Nagpur outer ring road) and connecting to Kalmeshwar, Katol, Bharsingi, Jalaikheda, Warud, Chandur Bazar, Achalpur and terminating at Paratwada on NH-548C 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 Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee at the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for equivalent structures length (having length more than 60m) of 4.260 km (having length of 0.426km) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 27.609 km on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Nagpur Ring Road Section from Design km 34+000 to km 62+035 section of NH-353J 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 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 | 3.45 | | Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six | | | axles) | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 | +-----------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ 1. The following fee shall 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(s) :- Table-2 +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+--------------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee | | Plaza | Bypass | | | bypass for which | is payable | | (Chainage) | | | | additional fee is | | | | | | | payable | | | | | | +--------------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ | | | | | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. | | | | | | | | Crore) | | +===================================================+===================+================+================+====================+================+======================================+ | At Km/Ch. | Nagpur ORR | 34+000 | 62+035 | 27.609 | 639.00 | 150% for four or | | 57+935 (Design | (Bypass) | | | | | more lane, of the | | Chainage) Near | | | | | | base rates | | Pawangaon village | | | | | | mentioned in | | in Nagpur District | | | | | | Table-1 above | | of Maharashtra | | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+--------------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+ 2. 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(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-3 +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length of Structure (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | km) to be converted into | length | | | | equivalent road length | (in km) | | +===================================================+=================================================+=========================+================================================+ | At Km/Ch. 57+935 (Design | 0.426 | 4.260 | 100% for four or more lane, | | Chainage) Near Pawangaon | | | of the base rates mentioned in | | village in Nagpur District of | | | Table-1 above | | Maharashtra | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ ^ The details are as under: +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | Chainage | | | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | From Km | To Km | | | | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 1 | 38+557 | 38+653 | ROB No. 1 | 0.096 | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 2 | 46+861 | 46+939 | ROB No. 2 | 0.078 | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 3 | 50+729 | 50+891 | ROB No. 3 | 0.162 | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | 4 | 56+355 | 56+445 | ROB No. 4 | 0.090 | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | Total | | | | 0.426 | +------------+--------------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+ 3. 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 kilometres from the fee plaza is Rs.340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred Thirty Only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the said rules. 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 one-half times of the fee for one | Two | Twenty-four hours from the | | way journey | | time of payment. | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of | | fifty single journeys | | payment | +-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ 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, 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. 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 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. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 763.27 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 user fee realised. [F. No. NHAI/PIU/NGP1/ORR-II/DraftTollNotification/2023/235749] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy. 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