PART IV
Private Advertisements and Miscellaneous Notifications
Kerala Road Fund Board
NOTIFICATION
No. KRF/RBDC/1/2003. 17th November 2008.
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 8 (2)
of Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001 regarding levy of user
fee on motor vehicles using the transport facility, the
Kerala Road Fund Board hereby notifies that there shall
be levied and paid user fee on mechanical vehicles for the
use of the two ROBs constructed by Roads and Bridges
Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd. as per schedule-
I at the rates specified in the schedule-II and hereby
authorize the Managing Director, Roads and Bridges
Development Corporation of Kerala Limited (RBDCKL),
Kochi or his authorized representative to collect and
retain user fees at the rates specified in the schedule.
The notification shall come into force on the date of its
publication.
SCHEDULE - I
Details of the Road Over Bridges with location
Sl. Name of ROB/LC. No. and Location
No. Rly. K.M.
1 Nandi-206, 695/12-13 Between Koilandy
(Kozhikode District) and Thikkody
2 Muzhupilangadu - 232, 738/7-8 Between Edakkad
(Kannur District) and Dharmadam
SCHEDULE - II
any mechanical vehicle crossing the bridge shall in return, prepare a receipt in duplicate in the prescribed form and hand over one copy of the said receipt to the driver or Rates of user fee to be recovered from the users of the Bridge
owner or person in-charge of the vehicle.
Sl. Particulars of Vehicles Rates of fees to be
No.
charged per trip
Rs.
1 Motor car, taxi, jeep and pick up 5.00 vans
(Sd.) Chief Engineer. (For Kerala Road Fund Board) Explanatory Note
2 Light Commercial Vehicles 8.00 3 Bus, 2-axle truck/tanker, 15.00 multi-axle truck/ tanker
The user fee in subsequent years shall be set/revised as per the following guide lines.
1. An increase of 5% by every two years.
2. The user fee shall be rounded off to the nearest rupees.
3. No user fee would be levied on the following types of vehicles.
(a) VIP vehicles and other special categories of vehicles notified as exempted as per notification to be published by Government of Kerala.
(b) Two wheelers, three-wheelers and non-motorized vehicles.
For frequent users of the transport facility, user fee would be levied on the following basis.
(a) For a return journey at the rate equal to one and a half (1.5) times the user fee for a single journey.
(b) For two return trips or more in a single day at a rate equal to 3 times the rate of a single journey.
(c) For a monthly pass an amount equal to the aggregate user fee for 30 single journeys.
The above mentioned rates shall be conspicuously displayed on boards erected at suitable places in the vicinity of the Bridge/user fee collection booth legibilly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which the bridge is situated.
Every driver, owner or person in-charge of the mechanical (This does not form part of the notification but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
The Road Over Bridge (ROB) at Nandi (in lieu LC No. 206) between Koilandy and Thikkody (Kozhikode District) and Muzhupilangad (in lieu of LC No. 232) Between Edakkad and Dharmadam (Kannur District) was constructed by Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Ltd. will opened to traffic shortly. The user fee has to be levied on motor vehicles entering the bridge under the provisions of the Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001. It is therefore necessary to issue a notification declaring the rates of user fee fixed by the Kerala Road Fund Board to be levied on motor vehicles entering this bridge under subsection 2 of section 8 of the said Act. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.