Publication of user fee notification

4910 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. 3262] NEW DELHI , MON DAY, JULY 31, 2023/ SHRAVANA 9, 1945 CG-DL-E-31072023-247730 (1) (2) 32.140 100% 76.470) पर 18.770 33.630 150% 1 22.515 22.605 िड़े पुल 0.090 2 23.484 23.554 फ्लाईओवर 0.070 3 24.011 24.098 आरओिी 0.087 4 26.992 27.103 आरओिी 0.111 5 29.225 29.295 फ्लाईओवर 0.070 6 32.502 32.610 आरओिी 0.108 क ु ल 0.536 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi the 27 th July, 2023 S.O. 3409 (E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transpo rt and Highways number S.O. 2028 (E) dated the 21st May 2018 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway Authority of India Act 1988 ( 68 to 1988) , the Central Government has entrusted Narenpur -Purnia section from km 34.578 to km 82.000 of National Highway No.131 A in the state of Bihar 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 on mechanical vehicles at 60% of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 2 km for the use of 2 lane with paved shoulder section and at 100% of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 32.140 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 5.360 km (having length of 0.536 km) and at one and one half times of the base rate for bypasses having length of 14.324 km co sting rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four and more lane of Narenpur - Purnia section from design kilometer 6.000 to kilometer 55.000 (existing Km 34.600 to Km 82.000) of National Highway number 131A in the State of Bihar 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 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 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 (chainage) Length (in km) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Design Km 42.180 (existing chainage 76.470) of NH -131A near Routara village in Katihar District of Bihar 2.000 [Excluding length of Bypas s (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)] 60% for two lane with paved shoulders, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above 32.140 [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 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 Pl aza: - Table -3 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Name of the Bypass Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of bypass for which additional fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable Length (in Km.) Cost (in Rs. Crore) At Design Km 42.180 (exist ing chainage 76.470) of NH - 131A near Routara village in Katihar District of Bihar Katihar Bypass of NH - 91 Design km 18.770 (existing km 47.350) Design km 33.630 (existing km 60.450) 14.324 608.43 150% for four and more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table - 1 above 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) to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in k m) Rate at which fee is payable At Design Km 42.180 (existing chainage 76.470) of NH -131A near Routara village in Katihar District of Bihar 0.536^ 5.360 100% for four and more lane, of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The detail is a s under: Chainage Type of Structure Length (in km) From Km To Km 1 22.515 22.605 Major Bridge 0.090 2 23.484 23.554 Flyover 0.070 3 24.011 24.098 ROB 0.087 4 26.992 27.103 ROB 0.111 5 29.225 29.295 Flyover 0.070 6 32.502 32.610 ROB 0.108 Total 0.536 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 2022 -23 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 one way jo urneys 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 specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for us e 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 Nat ional 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 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 f or 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 an d 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 2897 crore. [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 realised 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/13013/CO/23 -24/Fee Notification/Narenpur - Purnia Section (km 6.000 -km 55.000) /E-224267] 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.