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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-30012024-251641
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 334]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2024/MAGHA 9, 1945
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th January, 2024
S.O. 355(E).-Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 2429(E) dated the 01st August 2017 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway
Authority of India Act 1988 (68 to 1988), the Central Government has entrusted entire National Highway No. 232A
in the state of Uttar Pradesh 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 at the rate specified in column (2)
of the Table 1 for net road section length of 46.656 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than
60m) of 4.320 km (having length of 0.432 km) and at one and one half times of the base rate for bypasses having
length of 21.912 km 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 Unnao to Lalganj section from design kilometer 1.000 to kilometer 70.000
(existing Km. -0.550 to Km. 65.173) of National Highway number 31 (Old NH -232A) in the State of Uttar Pradesh
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 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 | Length (in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (chainage) | | |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At Design | 46.656 | 100% for four or more lane, of the base |
| km 33.350 at | [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 | rates mentioned in Table-1 above |
| Akwabad Village | Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] | |
| of Unnao District in | | |
| Uttar Pradesh State. | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
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 | Name of the | Taking Off | Merging at | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee is | |
| Plaza (chainage) | Bypass | | | bypass for which | payable | |
| | | | | additional fee is | | |
| | | | | payable | | |
| | | | | | Cost | |
| | | | | Length | (in Rs. | |
| | | | | (in Km.) | Crore) | |
+===========================================+================================+============+============+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| At Design | Achalganj and | Design km | Design | 8.328 | 143.10 | 150% for four and |
| km 33.350 at | Bethar | 8.200 | km | | | more lane, of the base|
| Akwabad Village | Bypass | (existing | 16.600 | | | rates mentioned in |
| of Unnao District in | | km | (existing | | | Table-1 above |
| Uttar Pradesh State. | | 7.650) | km | | | |
| | | | 14.630) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Railway Line | Design km | Design | 2.450 | 31.32 | 150% for four and |
| | Bypass | 39.000 | km | | | more lane, of the base|
| | | (existing | 41.450 | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | km | (existing | | | Table-1 above |
| | | 36.800) | km | | | |
| | | | 39.050) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Bihar | Design km | Design | 2.500 | 41.80 | 150% for four and |
| | Bypass | 47.250 | km | | | more lane, of the base|
| | | (existing | 49.750 | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | km | (existing | | | Table-1 above |
| | | 44.850) | km | | | |
| | | | 47.105) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Nihastha | Design km | Design | 1.000 | 21.77 | 150% for four and |
| | Bypass | 58.700 | km | | | more lane, of the base|
| | | (existing | 59.700 | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | km | (existing | | | Table-1 above |
| | | 56.050) | km | | | |
| | | | 56.990) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| | Lalganj | Design km | Design | 7.634 | 151.09 | 150% for four and |
| | Bypass | 62.150 | km | | | more lane, of the base|
| | | (existing | 70.000 | | | rates mentioned in |
| | | km | (existing | | | Table-1 above |
| | | 59.570) | km | | | |
| | | | Meet at NH- | | | |
| | | | 232) | | | |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+------------+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
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 (chainage) | Length of structures^ (in km) | Equivalent |
| | to be converted into | road length (in |
| | equivalent road length | km) |
+=====================================================+=====================================================+=====================================================+
| At Design | 0.432^ | 4.320 |
| km 33.350 at | | |
| Akwabad Village | | |
| of Unnao District in | | |
| Uttar Pradesh State. | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^The detail is as under:
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) |
+=====+===========+===========+===================+=================+
| 1 | 69.074 | 69.218 | Interchange | 0.144 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 9.668 | 9.740 | VUP | 0.072 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 26.016 | 26.088 | VUP | 0.072 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 4 | 54.012 | 54.084 | VUP | 0.072 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 5 | 62.464 | 62.536 | VUP | 0.072 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | Total | | | 0.432 |
+-----+-----------+-----------+-------------------+-----------------+
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 330.000 (Three Hundred and Thirty Only)
for the year 2023-24 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 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 2106.55 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.
[File No. NHAI/13013/CO/23-24/FeeNotification/Unnao-Lalganj Section (km 0.998-km. 70.000)/E-228484]
SUMAN PRASAD SINGH Jt. Secy.
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Date: 2024.01.30
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