MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th August, 2002

S.O.89i(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

Highways 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 Arapuzha Bridge across river Cheliyar at Ch.23800-24100 in Calicut Bypass

Phase-I on National Highway No. 17 at the rates specified in the Schedule given below and hereby

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

authorised the Chief Engineer, (National Highways), Kerala PWD, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

or his authorised representative to collect and retain fees at the rates specified in the said Schedule.

The Notification shall come into force on the date of its publication.

SCHEDULE

(Rates of toll fee 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 propelled vehicles.

Rates of fee to be charged

per trip (in Rupees)

NIL

5.00

10.00

15.00

The rates shall be reviewed periodically by the Government of India after every five years.

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.

No fee shall be payable or collected under this notification on the following types of

vehicles, namely:-

(i)

Defence vehicles;

(ii)

Vehicles with VIP symbols [as given at para 2(ix)];

(iii)

Police vehicles;

(iv)

Fire Fighting vehicles;

(v)

Government Ambulances;

(vi)

Funeral Vans;

(vii)

Post and Telegraph Department Vehicles on duty;

(viii) Central and State Government Vehicles on duty; and

(ix)

The vehicles belonging to the, namely;-

a) President of India;

b) Vice President of India;

c) Governors of States;

d) Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories;

e) Chief Justice of India/Justices;

f) Speaker of Lok Sabha/ Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha;

g) Central and State Ministers;

h) Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislatures having the

status of a Cabinet Ministers;

i) Members of Parliament; -

j) Foreign Diplomats stationed in India using cars with "CD" (Car Diplomatic)

symbols;

k) Speakers or Chairpersons of State legislatures;

1) Members of State Legislative Assemblies/Councils within their respective

Constituencies ( on showing the identity cards ); and

m) Foreign Dignitaries on State visit to India.

The a.bove mentioned rates shall be conspicuously 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 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 authorised by the Chief Engineer, (National

Highways), Kerala Public Works Department, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to collect fee in

respect of any mechanical vehicle crossing the bridge shall in return, prepare a receipt in duplicate

in form 'A' appended to the National Highways (Fees for the use of National Highways, Section

and Permanent Bridge-Public funded Project) Rules, j 997 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-l?O37/"/2OO2-KL(P-7)l

N K SINHA. Director General (Road Development) & Spl. Secy

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