Publication of user fee notification

5556 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3382 ] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , AUGUST 30, 2024 /BHADRA 8, 194 6 CG-DL-E-31082024-256803 (1) (2) 331.200 पर 49.1546 0.6954 6.954 291.6403 292.3357 िड़ा पुल 0.6954 क ु ल 0.6954 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHW AYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th August , 2024 S.O. 3712 (E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1667(E) dated 24.07.2012 issued under Section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from kilometre 211.200 to kilometre 336.815 (Biramitrapur to Barkote section) of National Highway Number 23 (New National Highway Number 143) in the State of Odisha 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 the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 49.1546 kilometre (for the use of four or more lane section ) and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60 metre) of 6.954 kilometre (having length of 0.6954 kilometre) on the type of vehicle specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for the use of four or more lane section of Rajamunda - Barkote section from design kilometre 287.200 to kilometre 337.050 (Existing kilometre 287.205 to Existing kilometre 337.882) of National Highway Number 23 (New National Highway Number 143) in the State of Odisha and authorises the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a co ntractor, the said fee, namely:— Table 1 Type of vehicle Base rate of fee per kilometre 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(s) namely: — Table 2 Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) Length (in kilometre) for which Fee is payable Rate at which fee is payable At Kilometre/Chainage 331.200 of National Highway Number -23 near Balani village(s) in Deogarh district of State Odisha 49.1546 (Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)) 100% for four or 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 following structures having length more than 60 metre 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 (chainage) Length of structures (in kilometre)^ to be converted into equivalent road length Equivalent road length (in kilometre) Rate at which fee is payable At Kilometre/Chainage 331.200 of National Highway Number -23 near Balani village(s) in Deogarh district of State Odisha 0.6954 6.954 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table -1 above ^The details are as under: — Chainage Type of Structure Length (in kilometre) From Kilometre To Kilometre 291.6403 292.3357 Major Bridge 0.6954 Total 0.6954 3. 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 340/ - (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty Only) for the year 2024 -25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 4. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued a t the following rates, namely: — Table 4 Amount Payable Maximum number of one way journeys allowed Period of validity One and 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 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 specified 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 said rules. 8. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 9. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometre 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 624.28 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/KJR/TollNotification/Barkote -Rajamunda/NH143/E -238207 ] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Director 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.