Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01072024-255047 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 2364] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th June, 2024 S.O. 2489(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 2530 (E) dated 17th September, 2015 issued under section 05 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the stretch from Telangana Border to Yerpedu of National Highway No.565 in the State of Andhra Pradesh to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, 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 net road section length of 4.175 Km for use of four or more lane section and at sixty percent of the base rate for net road section length of 42.4106 Km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.774 Km (having a length of 0.2774 Km) for use of two lane with paved shoulder section on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam to Davulapally section from Design Chainage Km 86.057 to 132.920 (existing Km 86.057 to Km 133.922) of National Highway number 565 in the State of Andhra Pradesh 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 | 3.45 | | (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(s) namely: - Table-2 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable | | (Chainage) | payable | | +==========================================================================+====================================================+=====================================================+ | At Km 94+740 of NH-565 near | 42.4106 Km | 60% for two lane with paved | | Veeranjaneyapuam Village in, | (Excluding length of structures | shoulders, of the base rates | | Palnadu District in the state of | (>60m)) | mentioned in Table-1 above | | Andhra Pradesh +----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | | 4.175 Km | 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 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 (Chainage) | Length of Structures^ (in km) | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is | | | to be converted into equivalent | length | payable | | | road length | (in km) | | +==========================================================================+====================================================================+============================+=====================================================+ | At Km 94+740 of NH-565 near | 0.2774^ | 2.774 | 60% for two lane with | | Veeranjaneyapuam Village in, | | | paved shoulders, of the | | Palnadu District in the state of | | | base rates mentioned in | | Andhra Pradesh | | | Table-1 above | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ ^ The details are as under: - Chainage +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in km) | +=====+===========+==========+=================+=================+ | 1 | 90.131 | 90.257 | Major Bridge | 0.126 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | 2 | 91.204 | 91.269 | Major Bridge | 0.065 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | 3 | 96.327 | 96.4134 | Major Bridge | 0.0864 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ | | Total | | | 0.2774 Km | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+-----------------+ 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.340.00 (Rupees Three Hundred 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 at the following rates, namely: - Table 4 +----------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one way | Period of validity | | | journeys allowed | | +==========================================================+=================================================+=============================================+ | One and half times of the fee for one way | Two | Twenty four hours from the time | | journey | | 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 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 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. 10. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rs.329.66 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 National Highways Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised. [F. No. RW/NH-12014/66/2020/AP/Zone-3(part)/E-231410] SUMAN PRASAD SINGH, Jt. Secy.