THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

(PART g - q t , 3

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTOTICAITON

New Delhi, the 4th December; 2001

G^R876(E>— i n exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of National Highways

Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendmeflts m the

National Highways (Fees for the use of National Highway Section and permanent Bridge -

Public Funded Projects) Rules, 1997, namely: -

Short Title and Commencement: (1) These rules may be called the National

Highways (Fees for the use of National Highway Section and permanent Bridge-

Public Funded Projects) Amendment Rules, 2001.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In the National Highways (Fees for the use of National Highway Section and.

permanent Bridge-Public Funded Projects) Rules, 1997, in rule 2, for cJuae (J)t

the following clause shall be substituted, nameh/:-

'(j) "permanent bridge" means a bridge with permanent structure the cost of which

includes the cost of bridge proper, approach roads, guide bunds and protective works,

excluding the cost of toll booths, which is more than rupees 25 lakhs and upto rupees

100 lakh for each, completed and opened to traffic on or after first day of April 1976

but before the first day of May, 1992 and thereafter all the bridges costing more than

Rs.100 lakhs before the date of the publication of this notification in the Official

Gazette and thereafter all the bridges costing more than Rs.500 lakhs on National

Highways, which shall be notified separately for levy of fee collection'.

OF. No. NH-1106S/12/»0O*ftM|

S.C. SHARMA,Diro^OT General (RoadDevcloprocnt)andA4dL Sqcy.

THE GAZETTEOFIND1A: EXTRAORDINARY

[ P A R T U ^ - S E I ^ ) !

NOTBICATTON

New Delhi, the 4th December, 2001

G.S.R nr/(E).~ in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 read with sub-section (1)

of section 7 of National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby

makes the following amendment in the National Highways (Rate of Fee) Rules, 1997, namely;

Short Title and Commencement: (1) These rules may be called the National

Highways (Rate of Fee) Amendment Rules, 2001.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In the National Highways (Rate of Fee) Rates, 1997 (nefeteafteir referred t9 as

the said rules), in rule 2, for clause (c ), the following clause shall be substituted

namely:-

'(c ) "bridge" means a permanent bridge or a temporary bridge, as the case may be,

the cost of which includes the cost of bridge proper, approach roads, guide bunds and

protective works, excluding the cost of toll booths, which is more than rupees 25

lakhs and upto rupees 100 lakh for each, completed and opened to traffic on or after

first day of April 1976 but before the first day of May, 1992 and thereafter all the

bridges costing more than Rs.100 lakhs before the date of the publication of this

notification in the Official Gazette and thereafter all the bridges costing more than

Rs.500 lakhs on National Highways, which shall be notified separately for kvy of

fee collection';

In rule 3 of the said rales, -

(a)

for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

"(I)

The rate of fee for services or benefits rendered in relation to the

use of ferries, permanent bridges, temporary bridges or tunnels on any

Section of national highway or bridges or both shall be as per Table given

below:

TABLE

Initial cost of the

bridge

and

its

approaches (Rs. in

crores)

Below 50

50-75

75-100

100425

125450

150-200

Above 200

Toll Rates (Rs. Per Vehicle)

Cars/Jeep, etc.

Light Commercial

Ventcles/Miniltmsf*

Trucks/Buses and

Multi Axle

Vehicles.

60"

TFE GAZETTE 0 ? INDIA; EXTRAORDINARY

[PART It—SEC. 3(i)]

(b)

for sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

"(3) The rate of fee fixed under sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) may be reviewed

after every five years based on wholesale price index and fixed in multiple of

rupees five by the Central Government over the rates notified".

[F. No. NH-11065/12/2000-P&M]

S C. SHARMA, Director General (Road Development) and Addl. Secy.

l*fote: xhe Principal Rule* were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,

Section 3, sub-section (i), Vide G.S.R.: 490 (E), dated the 30th Sept., 1997

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