## Report on Notification Regarding Fee Levy on National Highway 353J in Maharashtra
**1. Executive Summary:**
This report analyzes a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, regarding the levy of fees on mechanical vehicles using the Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur section of National Highway 353J in the State of Maharashtra. The notification, documented in S.O. 1099(E), establishes the fee structure, collection mechanism, and relevant exemptions. This report details the core objectives, background, key provisions, affected parties, implementation aspects, and expected outcomes based solely on the provided notification text. Key findings include the setting of fee rates based on vehicle type and road length, provisions for monthly passes and discounts, and the eventual reduction of fees upon recovery of the project's capital cost.
**2. Introduction:**
This report provides an informative overview of a notification pertaining to the levy of fees on mechanical vehicles using a specific section of National Highway 353J in Maharashtra. The analysis is based exclusively on the provided text of the notification, aiming to offer a clear understanding of its provisions and implications.
**3. Policy Overview:**
* **Core Objective(s):** The primary objective, as inferred from the notification, is to levy fees on mechanical vehicles using the Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur section of National Highway 353J to recover the project's capital cost (estimated at ₹341.16 crores) and potentially fund future maintenance and improvements. The notification also establishes a structured fee collection system, including rates based on vehicle type and road length.
**4. Background and Rationale:**
* **New Policy:** This appears to be a new policy establishing toll collection on the specified section of NH-353J. The rationale, as implied, is to recoup the investment in constructing/improving this section of the National Highway and facilitate its ongoing maintenance. The notification follows an earlier notification (S.O. 4006(E) dated 6th November 2019) that entrusted the National Highway Number 353 J excluding NagpurKatol Section as situated in the State of Maharashtra to the State Government of Maharashtra. This suggests this notification is a step towards implementing tolling on the segment outside the NagpurKatol section.
**5. Key Provisions / Changes:**
* **Base Fee Structure:** The notification establishes a base rate of fee per kilometer for different vehicle types, using the year 2007-08 as the base year for pricing. Examples include:
* Car/Jeep/Van/Light Motor Vehicle: ₹0.65/km
* Bus or Truck (Two Axles): ₹2.20/km
* **Fee Plaza Location and Length:** The fee plaza is located at Km 34.900 of NH353J near Haidatpur Village in Amravati district, Maharashtra. The fee is payable for a net road length of 48.914 km, excluding a bypass costing 10 Cr. and structures exceeding 60m.
* **Structure Fee:** Additional fees are levied for structures longer than 60m, with their length converted into equivalent road length by multiplying it by an equalization factor of 10.
* **Monthly Pass:** A monthly pass is available for non-commercial vehicles registered to individuals residing within 20 km of the fee plaza, priced at ₹275.00 for the year 2020-21, subject to annual revision.
* **Multiple Journey Passes:** Discounts are available for multiple journeys within specific timeframes.
* **Commercial Vehicle Discount:** A 50% discount is provided for commercial vehicles (excluding those under a National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza is located, provided no service road or alternative road is available.
* **Overload Fee:** Vehicles exceeding permissible load are subject to a fee as specified in sub-rule 1A of rule 10 of the referred rules (not detailed in the provided text).
* **Fee Reduction Post-Recovery:** Once the capital cost is recovered, the fee will be reduced to 40% of the rates and revised annually according to the said rules.
**6. Target Audience and Stakeholders:**
The primary target audience and stakeholders are:
* Owners and operators of mechanical vehicles using the Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur section of National Highway 353J.
* Residents living within 20 km of the fee plaza, who may be eligible for monthly passes.
* Commercial vehicle operators registered in the district of the fee plaza.
* The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), responsible for fee collection.
* Contractors engaged by NHAI for fee collection.
**7. Implementation Aspects (Inferred):**
* **Responsible Agency:** The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is responsible for collecting the fee, either directly or through a contractor.
* **Timelines and Procedures:** The notification specifies the effective date for fee levy (presumably the date of publication). The fee rates are to be revised annually, as per the rules. NHAI is responsible for calculating and publishing the actual fee amounts based on the base rates and annual revisions.
* **Fee Display:** The notification mandates that fee rates be displayed for user information according to rule 12 of the referred rules.
* The notification requires activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc to be completed. The final capital cost will be notified separately.
**8. Expected Outcomes / Impact of Changes:**
* The intended outcome is to generate revenue to recover the capital cost of the highway project (₹341.16 crores) and potentially to fund future maintenance.
* The notification will likely result in increased transportation costs for users of the specified section of NH-353J, particularly for those who do not qualify for discounts or passes.
* The implementation could stimulate the development of alternative routes, especially if service roads are not available to commercial vehicles registered locally.
**9. Conclusion:**
The notification S.O. 1099(E) establishes a framework for levying fees on mechanical vehicles using the Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur section of National Highway 353J in Maharashtra. It outlines the fee structure, collection process, and provisions for discounts and exemptions. The key significance of this notification lies in its potential to generate revenue for the recovery of the highway project's capital cost and future upkeep, while also impacting transportation costs for users and influencing traffic patterns in the region.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for road transport and highways.
National Highways Act, 1956: A law enacted in 1956 related to national highways. Mentioned in relation to entrusting a National Highway to the State Government of Maharashtra and levying fees.
Central Government: The Union Government of India.
National Highway Number 353 J: A specific national highway, excluding the Nagpur-Katol Section, situated in the State of Maharashtra.
Nagpur-Katol Section: A section of National Highway 353 J excluded from the notification, located in the State of Maharashtra.
State Government of Maharashtra: The government of the State of Maharashtra, entrusted with the National Highway Number 353 J excluding Nagpur-Katol Section.
National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008: Rules governing the determination of fee rates and collection on national highways.
National Highways Authority of India: The entity authorized to collect fees on the specified section of National Highway 353 J.
Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur Section: The specific section of National Highway number 353 J where fees are levied, from kilometer 0.000 to kilometer 53.710.
Haidatpur Village, Amravati district, Maharashtra: The location of the Fee Plaza at Km 34.900 of NH353J
200708: Base year for setting the base rate of fee per kilometer.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 1011] नई ददल्ली, बधु वार, माच ग10, 2021/फाल्ग नु 19, 1942
No. 1011] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021/PHALGUNA 19, 1942
सड़क पररवहन और राजमाग गमत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई ददल्ली, 8 माच,ग 2021
का.आ. 1099(अ).— भारत सरकार की अजधसूचना द्वारा सड़क पररवहन और राजमाग ग मंत्रालय म ें अजधसूचना
संख्या का. आ. 4006(अ), ददनांदकत 6 नवंबर, 2019 राष्ट्रीय राजमागग अजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की धारा 5 के
तहत जारी, केंद्र सरकार न े महाराष्ट्र राज्य म ें राष्टर ीय राजमागग स.ं 353ज े (नागपुर-काटोल खंड को छोड़कर) महाराष्ट्र राज्य
सरकार को सुपुद गकर ददया ह;ै
अत: अब, राष्टर ीय राजमागग िल्ु क (दरों का जनधागरण और संग्रहण) जनयम, 2008 (जो इसके आग े ‘‘जनयम’’ के रूप
में उजल्ल जखत ह)ै के जनयम 3 के साथ परित राष्ट्रीय राजमाग ग अजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की धारा 7 द्वारा प्रदत् त
िजत यों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, केन्द द्रीय सरकार, एतदद्वारा महाराष्ट्र राज्य म ें राष्टर ीय राजमागग सं. 353ज े के मोसी स े
चंदरु बाजार स े अचलपरु खडं के दकमी 0.000 स े दकमी 53.710 तक के पेव्ड िोल्डर सजहत दो लेन खंड के उपयोग के
जलए 48.914 दकमी लंबाई की जनवल सड़क खंड और 2.600 दकमी [0.260 दकमी की लबं ाई) (60 मीटर स े अजधक की
लंबाई वाल)े की समतुल् य संरचना के जलए ताजलका 1 के कॉलम (2) म ें जवजनर्ददष्ट ट दर के 60 प्रजतित दर पर नीच े दी गई
ताजलका 1 के कॉलम (1) म ें जवजनर्ददष्ट ट वाहनों के प्रकार पर फीस उदगृहीत करती ह ै तथा भारतीय राष्टर ीय राजमाग ग
प्राजधकरण को उसके अजधकाररयों अथवा दकसी िेकेदार के माध् यम स े उत फीस के संग्रहण के जलए प्राजधकृत करती ह,ै
अथागत:्-
1476 GI/2021 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
ताजलका-।
वाहन का प्रकार आधार वर् ग 2007-08 के जलए प्रजत
दकमी आधार फीस दर (रु. म)ें
(1) (2)
कार, जीप, वैन या हल् के मोटर वाहन 0.65
हल्के वाजणजज्य क वाहन, हल्के माल वाहन या जमनी बस 1.05
बस या रक (दो धुरी) 2.20
तीन धरु ी वाजणजज्य क वाहन 2.40
भारी जनमागण मिीनरी (एचसीएम) या अथग मूववग उपस्ट् कर (ईएमई) या बहु धुरीय 3.45
वाहन (एमएवी) (चार से छ: धरु ी)
जविाल आकार के वाहन (सात या अजधक धरु ी) 4.20
1. इसके अंतगगत उदगृहीत और सगं ृहीत फीस ऐस ेपथकर प् लाजा के अंतगगत जवजनर्ददष्ट ट दरू ी हते ु जनम्न जलजखत पथकर
प् लाजा म ें दये और संदेय होगी:-
ताजलका-2
लबं ाई (दकमी म)ें जजसके जलए फीस
पथकर प्ल ाजा (चनै जे ) की अवजस्ट्थ जत दर, जजस पर फीस सदं ेय ह ै।
सदं ेय ह ै
महाराष्ट्र राज्य के अमरावती जजले म ें 48.914 दकमी (बाइपास की लबं ाई
ऊपर ताजलका-1 के स्ट्तंभ 2 में
हदै तपुर गांव के जनकट रारा-353जे (>10 करोड़ रु. की लागत) और संरचना
उजल् लजखत आधार दरों का 60%
के दकमी 34.900 पर की लंबाई (>60 मीटर) को छोड़कर)
2. उपयुग त के अजतररत , जनम्न जलजखत फीस प् लाजा पर 60 मीटर स े अजधक लंबाई वाली जनम्न जलजखत अवसंरचनाओं
के उपयोग के जलए 10 के समतुल् य गणु क द्वारा ऐसी अवसंरचनाओं की लंबाई को गुणा करके राजमागग की समतुल् य लंबाई
में अवसंरचनाओं की लंबाई को पररवर्ततत करके जनम्न जलजखत फीस भी दये और संदेय होगी:-
ताजलका-3
सड़क की समकक्ष लबं ाई म ें सड़क की
िल्ु क प्ल ाजा का अवस्ट्थ ान (चैनजे ) पररवर्ततत दकए जान ेहते ु समकक्ष लबं ाई दर, जजस पर फीस सदं ेय ह ै
सरं चनाओं की लबं ाई (दकमी म)ें (दकमी म)ें
महाराष्ट्र राज्य के अमरावती जजले पेव्ड िोल्डर के साथ दो लेन के जलए
में हदै तपरु गांव के जनकट रारा- 0.260 दकमी 2.60 दकमी ऊपर ताजलका-1 में उजल् लजखत
353जे के दकमी 34.900 पर आधार दरों का, 60%
ब् यौरा जनम्नानुसार ह:ैं -
चनै जे
सरं चना का प्रकार लबं ाई (दकमी म)ें
दकमी स े दकमी तक
1 38.209 38.349 बड़ा पुल 0.140
2 51.990 52.110 बड़ा पुल 0.120
जोड़ 0.260[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 3
3. गैर-वाजणजज्य क प्रयोजनों के जलए पंजीकृत यांजत्रक वाहन के स्ट् वामी और पथकर प् लाजा स े बीस दकमी की दरू ी के
भीतर जनवास करन े वाले व् यजत के जलए माजसक पास की दर वर्ग 2020-21 के जलए 275.00 रु. (दो सौ पचहत्तर रुपए
मात्र) ह ैऔर कजथत जनयमों के प्रावधानों के अनुसार प्रजतवर् गसंिोधन के अध् यधीन ह।ै
4. राजमागग खडं पर बहुल यात्राओं के जलए जनम्न जलजखत दरों पर पास जारी दकए जाएगं ,े अथागत ्
ताजलका-4
सदं ेय राजि अनज्ञु ात एकतरफा यात्राओं की अजधकतम मान्दय ता अवजध
सख्ं य ा
एकतरफा यात्रा के जलए िल्ु क का डे़ दो संदाय के समय से चौबीस घंटे
गुना
पचास एकल यात्राओं के जलए संदेय पचास संदाय की तारीख से एक मास
िुल् क की राजि का दो-जतहाई
5. फीस प् लाजा जस्ट् थत होने वाले जजल े म ें पंजीकृत वाजणजज्य क वाहनों (राष्टर ीय परजमट के अधीन प्रचाजलत दकए जा रह े
वाहनों को छोड़कर) के जलए फीस उस श्रेणी के वाहन हते ु जनधागररत दर की 50% होगी, बिते दक ऐसे वाजणजज्य क वाहनों
के प्रयोग के जलए कोई सर्तवस रोड या वैकजल् पक सड़क उपलब्ध न हों ।
6. संबंजधत श्रेणी के वाहनों के जलए जवजनर्ददष्ट ट अनज्ञु ेय भार स े अजधक भार लद े यांजत्रक वाहन का चालक या स्ट् वामी या
प्रभारी व् यजत , राष्ट्रीय राजमागग पर अजतभार लद े वाहन के प्रवेि के जलए टोल संग्रहण एजेंसी को ऐसी श्रेणी के वाहनों के
प्रवेि जलए, कजथत जनयमों के जनयम 10 के उप-जनयम 1ए के अनसु ार अनप्रु योज्य फीस के समतुल् य फीस का भगु तान करन े
के जलए उत् तरदायी होगा और वह राजमाग ग खंड का प्रयोग करन े के जलए तब तक हकदार नहीं होगा जब तक ऐस े यांजत्रक
वाहन स े लदा अजतभार हटाया नहीं जाता।
7. सभी पररभार्ाए,ं यांजत्रक वाहनों की श्रेणी सजहत, इनके अनुज्ञेय भार, छूट प्राप् त वाहनों की श्रणे ी, सर्तवस रोड,
वैकजल् पक सड़क इत् यादद पूवोत जनयमों म ेंजवजनर्ददष्ट ट पररभार्ाओं के अनरूु प होंगी।
8. फीस की दरें उक्त जनयमों के जनयम 12 के अनुसरण म ेंप्रयोत ाओं के सूचनाथग प्रदर्तित करनी होंगी ।
9. यांजत्रक वाहनों स े फीस की वास्ट् तजवक राजि उपयुग त ताजलका-1 म ें यथा-उजल् लजखत आधार वर् ग 2007-08 के जलए
प्रजत दकमी फीस की आधार दर के आधार पर प्रभाररत होगी और छूटों की गणना भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमाग ग प्राजधकरण
द्वारा खंड की पूरी हो गई लंबाई के आधार पर की जाएगी और उसे उत जनयमों के जनयम 5 के अनुसार प्रजत वर्ग संिोजधत
दकया जाएगा तथा तदनुसार उसे अंग्रेजी और क्षेत्रीय भार्ा के कम स े कम एक-एक समाचार पत्र म ें प्रकाजित दकया
जाएगा ।
10. पररयोजना की अनुमाजनत पूंजीगत लागत 341.16 करोड़ रू. ह ै । [भूजम अजधग्रहण, सावगजजनक जन सुजवधाओं के
स्ट् थानांतरण, पेड़ों को काटन े आदद कायगकलापों को अभी परू ा दकया जाना ह ै इसजलए, पूंजीगत लागत पररवतगन के अध् यधीन
ह ै और अंजतम पूंजीगत लागत को पथृ क रूप स े अजधसूजचत दकया जाएगा]। भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमाग ग प्राजधकरण द्वारा
प्रयोगकतागओं स े वसूल दकए गए िुल्क के जररए पूंजीगत लागत की वसूली हो जाने के पश् चात्, लगाए जान े वाले िुल् क की
दरों को घटाकर 40% कर ददया जाएगा और उत जनयमों के अनुसार इसम ेंवार्तर्क तौर पर संिोधन दकया जाएगा।
[फा. स.ं आरओ/एमयूएम/पी-1088/ड्राफ्ट-टोल अजधसूचना]
(अजमत वरदान) संयु त सजचव
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th March, 2021
S.O. 1099(E).— Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways number S.O. 4006(E) dated 6th November 2019 issued under Section 5 of the4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted the National Highway
Number 353 J ( excluding Nagpur-Katol Section) as situated in the State of Maharashtra to the State
Government of Maharashtra;
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 sixty percent of the rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section
length of 48.914 km and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 2.600 km
(having length of 0.260 km) for the use of two lane with paved shoulder on the type of vehicles specified in
column (1) of the Table 1 below of Morshi to Chandurbazar to Achalpur Section from kilometer 0.000 to
kilometer 53.710 of National Highway number 353 J in the State of Maharashtra 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 namely: -
Table-2
Location of Fee Plaza Length (in km) for which Fee is Rate at which fee is payable
(chainage) payable
At Km 34.900 of NH-353J 48.914 kms 60% for two lane with paved
near Haidatpur Village in [Excluding length of Bypass shoulders, of the base rates
Amravati district in the (costing >10 Cr.) and length of mentioned in Table-1 above
State of Maharashtra structures (>60m)]
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, 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 Length of structures (in km) Equivalent Rate at which fee is payable
(chainage) to be converted into road length
equivalent road length (in km)
At Km 34.900 of NH- 60% for two lane with paved
353J near Haidatpur 0.260 km 2.60 kms shoulders, of the base rates
Village in Amravati mentioned in Table-1 above
district in the State of
Maharashtra
^The details are as under: -
Chainage Type of Structure
Length (in km)
From Km To Km
1 38.209 38.349 Major Bridge 0.140
2 51.990 52.110 Major Bridge 0.120
Total 0.260[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का राजपत्र : असाधारण 5
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 275.00
(Rupees Two Hundred and Seventy Five only) for the year 2020-21 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 Period of validity
one way journeys
allowed
One and one-half times of the fee for Two Twenty four hours from the time of
one way journey payment
Two-third of amount of the fee Fifty One month from date of payment
payable for fifty single journeys
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 Rupees 341.16 crores. [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 National Highways Authority of India 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. RO/MUM/P-1088/Draft-Toll-Notification]
AMIT VARADAN, Jt. Secy.
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