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[PART II—Snc. 3(ii)l

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.

The Notification shall come into force on the date, on which the bridge shall be

opened to traffic.

SCHEDULE

(Rates of fees to be recovered from the users of the bridge)

SI.

No.

Particulars of vehicles

Motor cycle, scooter or any other two

wheeled

mechanically

propelled

vehicle

Motor car, taxi, jeep, auto rickshaw,

three wheeler scooter , pick up van,

station wagon, tempo or other auto-

driven light vehicles with or without

trailer

Light commercial vehicles

Bus, truck and other heavy vehicles

including truck trailer combination

laden with goods or passengers or

unladen

and

Other

mechanically

Rates of fee to be charged

per trip (in Rupees)

NIL

5.00

10.00

15.00

NOTE:

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.

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.

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

Parliament

and

Members

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;

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 the

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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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