## Policy Analysis Report: National Highway Fee Notification - Panipat-Shamli Section
**1. Executive Summary:**
This report analyzes a notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, regarding the levy of fees on mechanical vehicles using the Panipat to Shamli section of National Highway 709AD. This new policy establishes fee structures for different vehicle types based on road length, bypass usage, and structure length, and authorizes the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to collect these fees. The key findings indicate a comprehensive fee structure designed to recover project costs and maintain the highway infrastructure.
**2. Introduction:**
This report aims to provide a detailed overview and analysis of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notification concerning the levy of fees on mechanical vehicles using the Panipat to Shamli section of National Highway 709AD. The analysis is based solely on the information contained within the provided policy text.
**3. Policy Overview:**
* This is a *new* policy establishing a fee structure for the use of a specific section of National Highway.
* **Core Objective(s):** As inferred from the text, the primary objectives are:
* To levy fees on mechanical vehicles using the Panipat-Shamli section of NH-709AD.
* To authorize the NHAI to collect these fees.
* To recover the capital cost of the project (mentioned in section 11).
**4. Background and Rationale:**
Since this is a new policy, the text suggests the underlying issue is the need to fund the construction and maintenance of the Panipat-Shamli section of NH-709AD. Section 11 mentions the estimated capital cost of the project is ₹1252.61 crore, implying the fee collection is intended to recoup this investment. Establishing user fees is a common practice for infrastructure projects to ensure their financial sustainability.
**5. Key Provisions / Changes:**
As this is a new policy, this section will detail the key provisions established by the entire provided text.
* **Fee Structure:** The policy establishes a detailed fee structure based on:
* **Vehicle Type:** Different vehicle categories (Car, LCV, Bus, Truck, etc.) are assigned different base rates per kilometer (Table 1). The base rates are for the year 2007-2008 and will be revised annually based on rule 5.
* **Road Length:** Fees are levied based on the net road section length (16.490 km) for which the fee is payable at the Tamsabad fee plaza (Table 2).
* **Bypasses:** Additional fees are levied for the use of bypasses costing ₹10 crore or more (Table 3). These bypasses include Panipat, Sanoli Khurd, and Shamli bypasses. The bypass fees are calculated at 1.5 times the base rate.
* **Structures (Bridges/VUPs):** Fees are also levied for structures longer than 60 meters, with the length of these structures converted into equivalent road length by multiplying by a factor of 10 (Table 4).
* **Fee Collection Authority:** The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is authorized to collect the fees, either directly or through a contractor.
* **Monthly Pass:** A monthly pass is available for non-commercial vehicles registered within 20 km of the fee plaza, costing ₹315 for the year 2022-23, subject to annual revision.
* **Multiple Journey Passes:** Discounted rates are provided for multiple journeys (Table 5).
* **Commercial Vehicle Discount:** Commercial vehicles registered in the district where the fee plaza is located, excluding national permit vehicles, receive a 50% discount, provided no alternative road is available.
* **Overloaded Vehicle Fee:** Vehicles exceeding the permissible load are subject to additional fees.
* **Fee Display:** The policy mandates that fee rates be displayed for user information.
* **Capital Cost Recovery:** The NHAI is required to maintain records of capital cost recovery through user fees. Once the capital cost is recovered, the fee is to be reduced to 40% of the rates and revised annually.
* **Annual Revision:** Fee rates will be revised annually as per the rules outlined in the notification.
**6. Target Audience and Stakeholders:**
The primary target audience and stakeholders directly affected by this policy are:
* **Vehicle Owners and Drivers:** All owners and drivers of mechanical vehicles using the Panipat-Shamli section of NH-709AD, particularly those frequently using the bypasses and structures.
* **Commercial Vehicle Operators:** Commercial vehicle operators, especially those registered in the district of the fee plaza, will be affected by the discount provision.
* **Local Residents:** Residents within 20 km of the fee plaza are impacted by the monthly pass scheme.
* **National Highways Authority of India (NHAI):** NHAI is responsible for implementing the policy and collecting the fees.
* **Fee Collection Contractors:** Any contractors engaged by NHAI to collect the fees.
**7. Implementation Aspects (Inferred):**
* **Responsible Agency:** The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the responsible agency for implementing and managing the fee collection process.
* **Timelines/Procedures:**
* The policy is effective from October 12, 2022 (date of notification).
* Annual fee revisions are mandated according to existing rules.
* NHAI is required to display fee rates and maintain records of capital cost recovery.
**8. Expected Outcomes / Impact of Changes:**
The likely intended outcomes of this policy are:
* **Revenue Generation:** Generate revenue to recover the capital cost of the Panipat-Shamli NH-709AD project and fund its ongoing maintenance.
* **Infrastructure Improvement:** Support the continued maintenance and improvement of the highway infrastructure.
* **User Fee Collection:** Establish a structured and transparent system for collecting user fees based on vehicle type, distance traveled, and facility usage (bypasses, structures).
**9. Conclusion:**
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notification establishes a comprehensive fee structure for the use of the Panipat-Shamli section of National Highway 709AD. This policy is significant as it enables the NHAI to collect user fees to recover project costs, maintain the highway, and facilitate future infrastructure development. The detailed provisions covering vehicle types, road lengths, bypasses, and structures ensure a systematic and equitable approach to fee collection. This detailed notification would require industry participants to understand the fee structure and the potential impact to their operating costs.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highway Authority of India: An organization referred to as 'the Authority' responsible for the management of NH709AD.
NH709AD: A National Highway section in the state of Uttar Pradesh entrusted to the National Highways Authority of India.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where a section of National Highway NH709AD is located.
National Highways Act, 1956: The Act under which the central government levies fees on mechanical vehicles.
National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008: Rules governing the determination of rates and collection of fees on National Highways.
Panipat to Shamli section: A section of a National Highway between Panipat, Haryana and Shamli, Uttar Pradesh.
Haryana: A state in India where part of the Panipat to Shamli section of National Highway 709AD is located.
Panipat: A district in Haryana. Location of Fee Plaza near Tamsabad village
Tamsabad village: A village in Panipat district of Haryana. Location of fee plaza.
Sanoli Khurd: Location of bypass of NH 709AD
Shamli: Location of bypass of NH 709AD
New Delhi: Location of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry issuing the notification regarding fee collection on the specified highway section.
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No. 4657] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022/ASVINA 21, 1944
सड़क पररवहन और राजमाग गमत्रं ालय
ऄजधसचू ना
नइ ददल् ली, 12 ऄक् तूबर, 2022
का.अ. 4867(ऄ).—यतः, केन्द्रीय सरकार न,े भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमागग प्राजधकरण ऄजधजनयम, 1988 (1988
का 68) की धारा 11 के ऄधीन जारी की गइ भारत सरकार के सड़क पररवहन और राजमागग मंत्रालय की ऄजधसूचना
संख्या का. अ. 3032 (ऄ), तारीख 22 जून, 2018 द्वारा ईत् तर प्रदेि रा्य म एनएच-709एडी को भारतीय राष्ट्रीय
राजमागग प्राजधकरण (जजसे आसम आसके पश्चात ्“प्राजधकरण” कहा गया ह)ै को सौंपा ह;ै
ऄतः, ऄब, केन्द्रीय सरकार, राष्ट्रीय राजमागग िल्ु क (दरों का ऄवधारण एवं सग्रं हण) जनयम, 2008 (जजसे आसम
आसके पश्चात“जनयम’’ कहा गया ह)ै , के जनयम 3 के साथ परित राष्ट्रीय राजमागग ऄजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की
धारा 7 द्वारा प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, हररयाणा और ईत्तर प्रदिे रा्य म राष्ट्रीय राजमाग ग संख्या 709एडी के
पानीपत से िामली खंड के जडजाआन दकलोमीटर 0.000 से दकलोमीटर 35.580 तक सडक खंड की जनवल लंबाइ 16.490
दक.मी. और 5.760 दकमी (जजनकी लबाइ 0.576 दकमी ह)ै लंबाइ की समकक्ष संरचना (जजनकी लम् बाइ 60 मीटर स े
ऄजधक ह)ै हते ु यांजत्रक वाहनों पर सारणी (1) के स्ट् तम्भ (2) म जवजनर्ददष् ट अधार दर स े तथा बाइपास जजनकी लंबाइ
18.514 दक.मी और लागत 10 करोड रू या ऄजधक ह,ै चार ऄथवा ऄजधक लने के ईपयोग हते ु अधार दर के डेढ गनु ा की
दर से सारणी (1) के स्ट्तंभ (1) म जवजनर्ददष्ट वाहनों पर िल्ु क ईद्ग्रहीत करती ह ै एव ं प्राजधकरण को ऄपन े ऄजधकाररयों के
माध्यम से ऄथवा संजवदाकार के माध्यम से ईि िुल्क को संग्रहीत करन े के जलए प्राजधकृत करती है, ऄथागत:्
6933 GI/2022 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
सारणी 1
वाहन का प्रकार अधार वर्ग 2007-08 के जलए प्रजत दक.मी. िुल्क की अधार दर
(रुपए म )
(1) (2)
कार, जीप, वैन या हल् के मोटर वाहन 56.0
हल् के वाजणज्यक वाहन, हल् के माल वाहक वाहन ऄथवा जमनी बस 1650
बस या रक ( दो धुरी वाले) .6.5
तीन धुरी वाले वाजणज्यक वाहन .6.5
भारी संजनमागण मिीनरी (एच.सी.एम.) या ऄथग मूववग ईपस्ट्कर 56.0
(इ.एम.इ) या बहुधुरीय वाहन (एम.ए.वी.) (चार से छह धुरी वाले)
बड़े अकर वाले वाहन ( सात या ऄजधक धुरी वाले) .6.5
1. नीच े ईद्ग्रहीत एव ं संग्रहीत िल्ु क, जनम्नजलजखत िल्ु क प्ल ाजा पर, ऐस े िल्ु क प्लाजा (प् लाजा) ) के जलए जवजनर्ददष्ट सड़क की जनवल
लम्बाइ हते ुिोध्य और सदं ये होगा ऄथातग ् :
सारणी-2
िल्ु क प् लाजा का स्ट् थ ान लंबाइ (दक.मी. म)े जजसके जलए िल्ु क भगु तान दर जजस पर िल्ु क भुगतान योग्य है
योग्य ह ै
( चनै जे )
हररयाणा के पानीपत जजले म 16.490 चार ऄथवा ऄजधक लेन के जलए उपर
तमसाबाद गांव के पास एनएच- सारणी 1-म ईजल्लजखत अधार दरों
(बाइसपास की लंबाइ (लागत 10 करोड़ से
709एडी के जडजाआन दकमी 17.100 का 155%
ऄजधक) तथा बुजनयादी ढांचे की लंबाइ (60 मी. से
पर
ऄजधक ) को छोड़ कर)
2. ईपरोि के ऄलावा, 10 करोड़ रुपये से ऄजधक की लागत वाले बाइपास के ईपयोग हते ु ऐसे िुल्क प्लाजा() ) के जलए
ईजल्लजखत बाइपास की जनवल लंबाइ के जलए जनम्नजलजखत िुल्क प्लाजा पर जनम्नजलजखत िुल्क दये तथा भुगतान योग्य होगा-
सारणी-3
िल्ु क प्लाजा का स्ट्थान बाइपास का िरुु अत जवलय स्ट्थान बाइपास की लम्बाइ और दर जजस पर िल्ु क
(चनै जे ) नाम लागत जजसके जलए ऄजतररि भुगतान योग्य ह ै
िल्ु क दये ह ै
लंबाइ लागत (करोड़
(दक.मी. रूपए म )
म)
एन एच - जडजाआन जडजाआन दकमी 10.900 270.18
709एडी का दकमी 0.000 10.900
पानीपत (जवद्यमान (जवद्यमान
बाइपास दकमी दकमी
उपर सारणी 1-म
7.900) 18.300)
हररयाणा के पानीपत ईजल्लजखत चार
एनएच- जडजाआन जडजाआन दकमी 2.800 54.94
जजले म तमसाबाद ऄथवा ऄजधक लेन
709एडी का दकमी 15.800
गांव के पास एनएच- के जलए अधार दरों
सनोली खुद ग 13.000 (जवद्यमान
709एडी के जडजाआन का 105%
बाइपास (जवद्यमान दकमी 5.000)
दकमी 17.100 पर
दकमी
3.000)[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का राजपत्र : ऄसाधारण 3
एनएच- जडजाआन जडजाआन दकमी 4.814 67.56
709एडी का दकमी 35.580
िामली 30.700 (जवद्यमान
बाइपास (जवद्यमान दकमी
दकमी 39.300)
29.000)
3 ईपयुगि के ऄजतररि, जनम्नजलजखत बुजनयादी ढांचा) , जजनकी लम्बाइ 60 मीटर से ऄजधक है, के ईपयोग के जलए ऐसी
बुजनयादी ढांचा) की लम्बाइ को समकरण गुणक 10 से गुणा करके राजमागग की समकक्ष लम्बाइ म पररवतगन करते हुए,
जनम्नजलजखत िुल्क प्लाजा) पर जनम्नजलजखत िुल्क भी दये और भुगतान योग्य होगाः
सारणी -4
िल्ु क प्लाजा का स्ट्थान सड़क की लम्बाइ के समान पररवर्ततत समकक्ष सड़क लम्बाइ दर जजस पर िल्ु क
(चनै जे ) बजु नयादी ढाचं ा की लम्बाइ (दक.मी. म) भुगतान योग्य ह ै
(दक.मी. म) ^
हररयाणा के पानीपत जजले म 0.576^ 5.760 उपर सारणी 1-म
तमसाबाद गांव के पास ईजल्लजखत चार ऄथवा
एनएच-709एडी के जडजाआन ऄजधक लेन के जलए
दकमी 17.100 पर अधार दरों का 155%
^जववरण जनम्नानुसार ह;ै
चैनेज बजु नयादी ढाचं ा का प्रकार
लम्बाइ (दक.मी. म)
दक.मी स े दक.मी तक
1 18.851 19.361 बड़ा पुल 0.510
2 34.466 34.532 वीयूपी सजहत बड़ा पुल 0.066
कुल 0.576
4. जजस व्यजि का ऄपना यांजत्रक वाहन, गैर-वाजणज्यक प्रयोजनों के जलए पंजीकृत हुअ हो और वह िुल्क प्लाजा से बीस दकलोमीटर
तक की दरू ी म ही रहता/रहती हो, ईसके जलए वर्ग 2022-23 के जलए माजसक पास की दर 315.00/- रूपए (तीन सौ पंरह रूपए मात्र)
होगी और ईि जनयमों के ईपबंधों के ऄनुसार ईसम प्रत्येक वर्ग संिोधन दकया जायेगा।
5. राजमागग खण्ड पर बहुयात्रा) हते ु पास जनम्नजलजखत दरों पर जारी दकए जाएंगे, ऄथागत्ः
सारणी -5
सदं ये राजि ऄनमु त्य एकतरफा यात्रा) की वैधता ऄवजध
ऄजधकतम संख्या
एकतरफा यात्रा के जलए िुल्क का डेढ गुना दो भुगतान के समय से चौबीस घंटे
पचास एकल यात्रा) के जलए भुगतान योग्य िुल्क की पचास भुगतान की तारीख से एक माह
राजि का दो-जतहाइ
6. जजस जजले म िुल्क प्लाजा जस्ट्थत है, ईसम पंजीकृत वाजणज्यक वाहन (राष्ट्रीय परजमट के ऄधीन चल रह े वाहनों को छोड़कर) के
जलए िुल्क ईस श्रेणी के जलए वाहन के जलए जनधागररत िुल्क का 50% होगा बिते दक ऐसे वाजणज्यक वाहनों के ईपयोग के जलए कोइ
सर्तवस सड़क ऄथवा वैकजल्पक सड़क ईपलब्ध न हो।
7. जो यांजत्रक वाहन ऄपनी श्रेणी के जलए जनधागररत ऄनुज्ञेय भार की ऄपेक्षा ऄजधक भार से लदा हुअ होगा ईसके चालक ऄथवा माजलक
ऄथवा प्रभारी व्यजि को ऐसे ऄजधक भार से लद ेहुए वाहन को राष्ट्रीय राजमागग म प्रवेि कराने के जलए िुल्क संग्रहण एज सी को राष्ट्रीय4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
राजमागग िुल् क जनयमावली के जनयम 10 के ईप जनयम 1ए म ईजल्लजखत िुल्क के बराबर िुल्क का भुगतान करना होगा और ईसे
राजमागग खण्ड का ईपयोग करने की तब तक ऄनुमजत नहीं होगी जब तक ऐसे यांजत्रक वाहन से ऄजधक भार को हटा न ददया जाए।
8. यांजत्रक वाहनों की श्रेणी, ईनके जलए ऄनुज्ञेय भार, छूट-प्राप्त वाहनों की श्रेणी, सर्तवस सड़क, वैकजल्पक सड़क अदद सजहत सभी
पररभार्ाएं जनयमों म जवजनर्ददष्ट पररभार्ा) के ऄनुसार होंगी।
9. ईि जनयमों के जनयम 12 के ऄनुसार ईपयोगकताग) की जानकारी के जलए िुल्क की दर प्रदर्तित की जाएंगी।
10. उपर सारणी-1 म यथा-ईजल्लजखत अधार वर्ग 2007-08 के जलए प्रजत दकलोमीटर िुल्क की अधार दर के अधार पर, यांजत्रक
वाहनों से जलए जानेवाले वास्ट्तजवक िुल्क और कटौजतयों की गणना भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमागग प्राजधकरण द्वारा खंड की पूणग हुइ लम्बाइ
के अधार पर की जाएगी और ईसम ईि जनयमों के जनयम 5 के ऄनुसार वार्तर्क तौर पर संिोधन दकया जाएगा तथा आसे तदनुसार
ऄंग्रेजी और स्ट्थानीय भार्ा के कम-से-कम एक-एक समाचार पत्र म प्रकाजित दकया जाएगा।
11. आस पररयोजना की ऄनमु ाजनत पजूं ीगत लागत 1252.61 करोड़ रुपए ह।ै [पूंजी लागत म पररवतगन हो सकता ह ै क् योंदक भूजम
ऄजगन, जन-ईपयोजगता सेवा) का स्ट् थान बदलने, पेड़ों की कटाइ अदद जैसे दियाकलाप ऄभी पूरे दकए जाने िेर् ह ैंतथा ऄंजतम पूंजीगत
लागत को ऄलग से ऄजधसूजचत दकया जाएगा]। प्राजधकरण द्वारा प्रयोगकताग) से वसूल दकए गए िुल्क के जररए पूंजीगत लागत की
वसूली का ररकाडग रखा जाएगा और पूंजीगत लागत की वसूली हो जाने के प चात, लगाए जाने वाले िुल्क की दरों को घटाकर 40%
कर ददया जाएगा और ईि जनयमों के ऄनुसार आस म वार्तर्क तौर पर संिोधन दकया जाएगा।
[फा. सं. एनएचएअइ/13013/सीओ/22-23/फीनोरटदफकेिन/पानीपत-िामली खंड (पीकेजी-1)(दकमी0.000-दकमी35.580)]
महमूद ऄहमद, संयुि सजचव
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 12th October, 2022
S.O. 4867(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O. 3032 (E) dated the 22nd June 2018 issued under Section 11 of the National Highway
Authority of India Act 1988 ( 68 to 1988) , the Central Government has entrusted NH-709AD 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 on mechanical vehicles at the rate
specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 16.490 km and for equivalent structure length
(having length more than 60m) of 5.760 km (having length of 0.576 km) and at one and one half times the base rate
for bypasses having length of 18.514 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 and more lane of Panipat to Shamli section from design kilometer 0.000 to
kilometer 35.580 of National Highway number 709AD in the State of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and authorizes 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 3.45
Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six axles)
Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) 4.20[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का राजपत्र : ऄसाधारण 5
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 Rate at which fee is payable
(chainage) payable
At Design Km 17.100 of NH- 16.490 100% for four and more lane of the base
709AD near Tamsabad village rates mentioned in Table-1 above
[Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10
in Panipat district of Haryana.
Cr.) and length of structures (>60m)]
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 Plaza Name of the Taking Off Merging at Length and Cost of Rate at which fee
(chainage) Bypass bypass for which is payable
additional fee is
payable
Length Cost
(in Km.) (in Rs.
Crore)
At Design Km 17.100 Panipat Bypass of Design Design km 10.900 270.18 150% for four and
of NH-709AD near NH - 709AD km 0.000 10.900 more lane of the
Tamsabad village (existing km (existing km base rates
in Panipat district of 7.900) 18.300) mentioned in
Haryana. Table-1 above
Sanoli Khurd Design Design km 2.800 54.94
Bypass of NH - km 13.000 15.800
709AD (existing km (existing km
3.000) 5.000)
Shamli Bypass of Design Design km 4.814 67.56
NH - 709AD km 30.700 35.580
(existing km (existing km
29.000) 39.300)
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 Length of structures^ (in km) Equivalent road Rate at which fee is payable
(chainage) to be converted into equivalent length (in km)
road length
At Design Km 17.100 of 100% for four and more lane of the
NH-709AD near Tamsabad base rates mentioned in Table-1 above
0.576^ 5.760
village in Panipat district
of Haryana.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
^The detail is as under:
Chainage Type of Structure
Length (in km)
From Km To Km
1 18.851 19.361 Major Bridge 0.510
2 34.466 34.532 Major Bridge cum VUP 0.066
Total 0.576
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 315.000 (Three Hundred and Fifteen 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 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 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 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 1252.61 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/22-23/Fee Notification/Panipat-Shamli Section(Pkg-1)(km. 0.000-km. 35.580)]
MAHMOOD AHMED, Jt. Secy.
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