The Central Government hereby notifies that there shall be levied and paid fees on mechanical vehicles for the use of permanent bridge across Degree Nallah on National Highway No 3 at km 177/2 at the rates specified in the Schedule annexed hereto and hereby authorizes the Chief Engineer (National Highway)

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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(Road Wing)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 7th February, 2002

S.o. i72(E).— In exercise of powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rules 3 and 9 of the National Highways (Fees for the Use of National Highway Section and Permanent Bridge - Public Funded Projects) Rules, 1997, the Central Government hereby notifies that there shall be levied and paid fees on mechanical vehicles for the use of permanent bridge across Degree Nallah on National Highway No 3 at km 177/2 at the rates specified in the Schedule annexed hereto and hereby authorizes the Chief Engineer (National Highway), Public Works Department, Bhopal or his authorized representative to collect and retain fees at the rates specified in the said Schedule.

2. The Notification shall come into force on the date, on which the bridge shall be opened to traffic.

5 NOTE: 1. When the same vehicle has to cross the bridge more than once in a day, the user shall have the option to pay one and a half times the rates specified above while crossing the bridge in the first trip itself, or if the vehicle has to cross the bridge continuously and quite frequently for the entire month or even beyond that, for much longer period, the vehicle owner can have a monthly pass on the payment of charges equal to thirty single rates. 2. The following types of vehicles are exempted from the fees, namely:-

(i) Defence vehicles; (ii) Vehicles with VIP symbols (iii) Police vehicles; (iv) Fire Fighting vehicles; (v) Ambulances; (vi) Funeral Vans (vii) Post and Telegraph Department Vehicles; and (viii) Central and State Government Vehicles on duty.

3. The vehicles officially belonging to the following shall be deemed to be

vehicles having VIP symbols, namely:-

(i) President of India; (ii) Vice President of India (iii) Central and State Ministers; (iv) Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislatures having the status of a Cabinet Minister;

(v) Governors of States; (vi) Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories; (vii) Executive Councillors; (viii) Speakers or Chairmen of Central and State Legislatures; (ix) Members of Parliament and Members of State Legislative Assemblies/Councils within their respective Constituencies;

(x) Foreign Dignitaries on State visit to India; (xi) Foreign Diplomats stationed in India using cars with CD (Car Diplomatic) symbols;

4. The above mentioned rates shall be displayed on a Board erected at conspicuous places in the vicinity of the bridge, both legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which the permanent bridge is situated. Every driver, owner or person in -charge of the mechanical vehicles shall, before crossing the6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA; EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] permanent bridge or after having crossed it, stop his vehicle at the cross bar and pay the fee leviable in respect of the vehicles at the fee collection booth. The person authorized by the Chief Engineer (National Highway), Public Works Department, Bhopal to collect fee in respect of any mechanical vehicle crossing the bridge shall in return, prepare a receipt in duplicate and hand over one copy of the said receipt to the driver or owner or person in charge of the mechanical vehicle.

[F.'No. RW/NH-12037/306/2001MP/NH-51 C. C. BHATTACHARYA, Director General (Road Development) and Add! Secy.

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