Kerala Road Fund Board
NOTIFICATION
No. KRF/RBDC/1/2003.
8th January 2009.
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. No.
Name of ROB/LC.
Location
No. & Rly. km.
1.
Victoria College—L. C. No. 50
Between
at km. 54/12-13 (Palakkad
Palakkad
District)
Town
and Pollachi
Stations.
2.
Kadukkamkunnu—L C. No. 159 Between
at km. 531/8-10 (Palakkad
Kanjikode
District)
and
Palakkad
Stations.
SCHEDULE-II
(Rates of user fee to be recovered from the users
of the Bridge)
Sl. No.
Particulars of Vehicles
Rates of fees
to be charged
per trip
(in Rupees)
1
Motor Car, Taxi, Jeep and
5.00
Pickup Vans.
2
Light Commercial Vehicles
8.00
3
Bus, 2-axle truck/tanker, multi-axle
15.00
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 legibly
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 Mechancial
vehicle shall, before crossing the permanent bridge or
having crossed it, stop his vehicles at the cross bar and
pay the fee leviable in respect of the vehicle at the fee
collection booth. The person authorized by the Managing
Director, RBDCK, Kochi to collect user fee in respect of
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
owner or person in charge of the vehicle.
(Sd.)
Chief Engineer
For Kerala Road Fund Board.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is
intended to indicate its general purport.)
The road over bridges (ROBs) at Victoria College (in
lieu LC No. 50) between Palakkad Town and Pollachi
Stations and Kadukkamkunnu (in lieu of LC No. 159)
between Kanjikode and Palakkad Stations 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 sub
section 2 of section 8 of the said Act.
The notification is intended to achieve the above
object.