Date: 2015-12-23Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Whereas, vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Surface Transport Roads Wing number S.O. 196E dated the 6th March, 2000 and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number S.O. 1192E
**Executive Summary:**
This notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways announces the levy and collection of fees on mechanical vehicles using the four or more lane section of National Highway 44 (Old NH7) in Andhra Pradesh. It specifies toll plazas, rates, and conditions for fee collection, along with provisions for monthly passes, discounts, and penalties for overloaded vehicles. The notification also addresses the capital cost recovery for the project.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Toll Applicability:**
* Fees apply to mechanical vehicles using the four or more lane sections of NH 44 (Old NH7) from km 368.255 to km 419.793 (Adloor Yellareddy to Chegunta) and from km 419.793 to km 481.331 (Chegunta to Bewenpally) in Andhra Pradesh.
* **Toll Plazas and Rates:**
* Fees are due and payable at Bhiknoor and Manoharabad toll plazas based on distances specified for each plaza, using base rates mentioned in Table 1.
* Additional fees apply for using bypasses costing Rs. 10 crore or more, calculated at 1.5 times the base rate for the length of the bypass.
* Additional fees apply for structures longer than 60m, with the length converted to equivalent highway length by multiplying by a factor of 10.
* **Fee Structure (Table 1):**
* Base rates (2007-08) per km:
* Car, Jeep, Van, or Light Motor Vehicle: Rs. 0.65
* Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle, or Mini Bus: Rs. 1.05
* Bus or Truck (Two Axles): Rs. 2.20
* Three Axle Commercial Vehicles: Rs. 2.40
* Heavy Construction Machinery/Earth Moving Equipment (HCM/EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (Four to Six Axles): Rs. 3.45
* Oversized Vehicles (Seven or More Axles): Rs. 4.20
* **Passes and Discounts:**
* Monthly pass for non-commercial vehicles within 20 km of the toll plaza: Rs. 230.00 (for 2015-16), subject to annual revision.
* Multiple journey passes available at specified rates.
* 50% fee for commercial vehicles registered in the district (excluding national permit vehicles), provided no service road/alternative road is available.
* **Overloaded Vehicles:**
* Overloaded vehicles are not permitted until excess load is removed.
* A penalty of 10 times the applicable fee is levied for entering the highway with an overloaded vehicle.
* **General Provisions:**
* Definitions of vehicle categories, permissible loads, exempted vehicles, etc., are as per the National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008.
* Fee rates must be displayed for users' information.
* Actual fees and discounts are calculated based on completed section lengths and revised annually.
* **Financial Aspects:**
* Capital cost of the project (Adloor Yellareddy to Bewenpally): Rs. 590.137 Crore.
* Discounted revenue collected until 31.03.2015: Rs. 148.52 Crore.
* Capital cost yet to be recovered: Rs. 441.617 Cr.
* Fee rates will be reduced to 40% upon capital cost recovery and revised annually.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Vehicle Owners/Users:**
* *Impact:* Required to pay toll fees for using the specified sections of NH 44. Toll rates vary based on vehicle type, distance traveled, and applicable discounts/penalties.
* *Action Required:* Be aware of applicable toll rates, discounts, and pass options. Ensure vehicles are not overloaded to avoid penalties.
* **Residents Living Near Toll Plazas:**
* *Impact:* Eligible for monthly passes at a discounted rate if residing within 20 km of the toll plaza and owning a non-commercial vehicle.
* *Action Required:* Apply for monthly passes to avail discounted rates, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
* **Commercial Vehicle Operators:**
* *Impact:* Subject to toll fees, with a potential discount of 50% for vehicles registered in the district if no alternative route is available. Overloaded vehicles are subject to significant penalties.
* *Action Required:* Ensure vehicles are not overloaded, and be aware of toll rates and potential discounts.
* **National Highways Authority of India (NHAI):**
* *Impact:* Authorized to collect toll fees either directly or through contractors. Responsible for maintaining records of capital cost recovery and adjusting fee rates accordingly.
* *Action Required:* Implement toll collection mechanisms, ensure fee rates are displayed, and maintain records of capital cost recovery. Annually revise toll fees and publish them in newspapers.
* **Toll Collection Agency/Contractor:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for collecting toll fees, enforcing regulations regarding overloaded vehicles, and managing pass issuance.
* *Action Required:* Accurately collect toll fees, enforce regulations regarding overloaded vehicles, manage pass issuance, and display fee rates.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highway Authority of India Act, 1988: A legal act under which the Central Government issued notifications regarding national highways.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for road transport and highways.
National Highway No. 44: A specific national highway in India, formerly known as National Highway No. 7, that is subject to the toll fees described in the notification.
Andhra Pradesh: The state in India where the specified section of National Highway No. 44 is located.
National Highways Act, 1956: A legal act that provides the central government with the power to levy fees on national highways.
National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008: The set of rules governing the determination, rates and collection of fees on national highways.
Adloor Yellareddy to Bewenpally Section: The section of National Highway No. 44 from km 368.255 to km 481.331 that is subject to the toll fees described in the notification.
Nizamabad District: A district in Telangana, India where Bhiknoor Toll Plaza is located
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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd December, 2015
S.O. 3513(E).—Whereas, vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Surface
Transport (Roads Wing) number S.O. 196(E) dated the 6th March, 2000 and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
number S.O. 1192(E) dated 3rd December, 2001 and S.O. 465(E) dated the 26th April, 2002, issued under section 11 of
the National Highway Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), the Central Government entrusted the stretch from Km
447.000 to Km 464.000, Km 464.000 to Km 474.000, Km 175.640 to Km 447.000 and Km 474.000 to Km 480.000
(Nagpur to Hyderabad Section) respectively of National Highway No. 7 in the State of Andhra 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 published
vide G.S.R 838(E) dated 5th December, 2008 and amended vide G.S.R 950(E) dated 3rd December, 2010, G.S.R 15(E)
dated 12th January, 2011, G.S.R 756(E) dated 12th October, 2011, G.S.R 778(E) dated 16th December, 2013, G.S.R 26(E)
dated 16th January, 2014, G.S.R. 831(E) dated 21st November, 2014 & G.S.R. 220 (E) dated 23rd March, 2015
(hereinafter referred to as the “said Rules”), and in supersession of the notification bearing No. S.O. 2171(E) dated
12.09.2012 as amended vide Sl. No. 15 of Table 1 of fee notification bearing S.O. No. 896 (E) dated 26.03.2014, the
Central Government, hereby, notifies that there shall be levied and collected fees on mechanical vehicles for the use of
four or more lane section from km 368.255 to km 419.793 (Adloor Yellareddy to Chegunta Section) and from km
419.793 to km 481.331 (Chegunta to Bewenpally Section) of National Highway No. 44 (Old NH-7) in the State of
Andhra Pradesh (hereinafter referred to as the “said section”), at the base rates specified in column (2) of the Table 1
(hereinafter referred to as “base rate”) for the following:—
Toll Plaza Net road length Length of Bypass length Length of Total Total Tollable
(excluding Structures > (excluding Structures on structure Length (Road
Bypasses and 60m on Road structures >60 m) Bypass in Km. length + Bypass +
structure>60 m) in Km. in Km. (Road + structures) in
in Km. Bypass) Km.
in Km.
Bhiknoor 29.008 0.000 22.463 0.067 0.067 51.538
Manoharabad 48.077 0.130 13.331 0.000 0.130 61.538
on the Type of Vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below 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 Rs.)
(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
Notes:
1. The fee levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the following Toll Plazas for the distance
specified for each such Toll Plaza at the base rates as mentioned in table-1 above:
Sl. Location of Toll Plazas (chainage) Length (in km) for which Rate at which fee is payable
No. Fee is payable
1 km 392.600 of NH-44 (Old NH-7), near village 29.008 100% of the base rates
Bhiknoor in District Nizamabad (from Km. 368.255 to mentioned in Table-1 above
Km. 419.793)
2 km 443.713 of NH-44 (Old NH-7), near village 48.077 100% of the base rates
Manoharabad in District Medak (from Km. 419.793 to mentioned in Table-1 above
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2. In additional to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following bypasses costing
Rs. 10 crore or more at the following Toll Plazas at one and half times the base rate of the length of bypasses specified
for such Toll Plazas:
S. Location of Toll Plazas Length (in km) of bypass for which additional fee is Rate at which fee
No. (chainage) payable is payable
1 km 392.600 of NH-44 Kamareddy Bypass of 13.033 km length (Excluding 0.067 150 % of the base
(Old NH-7), near village km. length of structures on bypass) (from km. 371.000 to rates mentioned in
Bhiknoor in District km 384.100) costing Rs. 98.250 crore Table-1 above
Nizamabad Bhiknoor Bypass of 3.840 km length (from km. 393.400 to
km. 397.240) costing Rs. 28.800 crore
Ramayampet Bypass of 5.590 km length (from km. 401.240
to km. 406.830) costing Rs. 40.527 crore
2 km 443.713 of NH-44 Chegunta Bypass of 6.717 km length (from km. 421.422 to 150 % of the base
(Old NH-7), near village km. 428.139) costing Rs. 43.660 crore rates mentioned in
Manoharabad in District Toopran Bypass of 6.614 km length (from km. 436.318 to Table-1 above
Medak km. 442.932) costing Rs. 46.298 crore
3. In addition, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length
more than 60 m at the following Toll Plaza(s), by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of
highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10:
S. Location of Toll Plaza Length of structures* (in km) to Equivalent road Rate at which fee is
No. (chainage) be converted into equivalent road length (in km) payable
length
1 km 392.600 of NH-44 (Old NH- 0.067 km 0.670 100% of the base
7), near village Bhiknoor in (from 373.346 to 373.413) rates mentioned in
District Nizamabad structure on Kamareddy Bypass Table-1 above
2 km 443.713 of NH-44 (Old NH- 0.130 km 1.300 100% of the base
7), near village Manoharabad in (from 436.194 to 436.324) rates mentioned in
District Medak structure on road Table-1 above
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 kilometers from the toll plaza is Rs. 230.00 (Rupees Two Hundred Thirty only) for
the year 2015-16, and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the National Highways Fee
(Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.
5. For multiple journey on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely.
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
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 prescribed rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative
road is available for use of such commercial vehicle.
7. Mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible load specified for its category under the Rules, shall
not be permitted to use the National Highway or crossing the Toll Plaza until the excess load has been removed from
such mechanical vehicle. The driver or owner or a person in charge of such overloaded mechanical vehicle shall be
liable to pay fee, for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway to the Toll Collecting agency, equal to 10
times of the fee applicable to such category of mechanical vehicles under the rules.
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.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
10. Based on the Base Rate of Fee per km 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 sections and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same
shall be published in at least one newspaper, each in English and vernacular language accordingly.
11. The capital cost of the complete Projects i.e km 368.255 to km 481.331 (Adloor Yellareddy to Bewenpally Section)
is Rs. 590.137 Crore and and discounted revenue collected till 31.03.2015 is Rs. 148.52 Crore. The capital cost yet to be
recovered is Rs. 441.617 Cr. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee
realized 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/13013/458/15-106/CO/GC Hyderabad (368–471)]
NIRAJ VERMA, Jt. Secy.
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