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Google Glass - How worth is it ?

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Glass is the controversial wearable that still its sci-looking beta testers turning heads and being peppered with questions a year and a half after the first invites started rolling out to developers. How does it work? What does it feel like? And, of course the inevitable, well, can I try it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The increasing number of Google Glass invites has led to Project Glass being open to everyone in the US and now the UK, so curious, tech-savvy early adopters can answer most of these questions on their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It a little easier to say "yes" to Glass now that it's been upgraded with more memory and new apps that came out in time for Google IO. There's a speedier 2GB of RAM on board instead of 1GB and 12 new apps including Shazam and Live Stream. The Google Glass app list is officially over the 50 apps hump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there's one query all prospective Glass owners all struggling with right now at checkout: is Google Glass worth it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To answer that burning question, I turned a critical eye to Google's wearable computer and tested its Explorer Edition of Google Glass for nine months. It also upgraded to the brand new 2GB model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sound of my voice, I took hands-free photos by saying "Okay Glass, take a picture." I instructed it to upload the resulting point-of-view image to Twitter and Facebook and attached a caption, all with voice commands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw flight information automatically beam to my eye with a gentle Google Now reminder the day before traveling. The weather for both my departure and destination cities, and directions to the airport were already being provided by this instinctual software. All of this data appeared in the top right corner of my vision, all without the need to take out my smartphone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google has continued to make the complicated ownership decision easier by adding more to its Explorer Edition heads-up display. In addition to the new 2GB version, an update late last year saw a tweaked form factor that made prescription glasses compatible with attachable frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google has even been throwing in a free pair of frames or premium shades with all new orders since mid-April. Moreover, new apps and updates to the linear operating system that weren't available at launch make the current Google Glass Explorer Edition a tempting buy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, this new Project Glass model is better at addition than subtraction. While features have been added, the price hasn't dropped in a year. At $1,500 (£1,000, about AU$1,589) plus tax, Google's experimental wearable is exorbitantly priced for the average person. It's also best if you're an Android, not an Apple person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Compatibility with the iPhone has improved thanks to the launch of an iOS MyGlass app and the ability to read text messages, but it stops short of tapping into Glass' hands-free SMS response capabilities. Maps navigation also requires MyGlass to be open on the iPhone, not in the background. All of these features are missing for Windows Phone 8 users entirely, though technically any Bluetooth phone can offer Glass tethered data with a personal hotspot enabled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Glass is very much a prototype, even after more than 18 months of being in the hands and on the faces of tens of thousands of beta testers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that's partly why this out-of-reach, futuristic-looking curiosity is so fascinating, despite, or possibly because of the massive cost to your Google Wallet (that's actually how you <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">have to</em> pay for Google Glass). Peoples' mind=blown reaction, more so than snapping photos hands-free and getting directions that turn with your head, makes whomever is donning Google Glass a walking wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google undoubtedly wanted Glass in the hands of developers who will make the experience better, more so than curious individuals who want it for personal use. Therefore, developers were the first to qualify for Google Glass invites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's for sale to anyone living in the US and UK. Google threw Project Glass into open enrollment for 24 hours on April 15 and then permanently made it available a month later. Good things come to those who wait, too. All new Google Glass models come with free frames for prescription glasses or a free sunglasses shade attachment that typically costs $225 (£175, about AU$239).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signing up for the normal Google Glass waitlist in June of 2013 after Google IO gave me access to an Explorer Edition beta code in November, while my friend who registered in December received an invite less than three weeks in January. That alone shows how much easier it became to receive an invitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strict rules still limit who can ultimately take advantage of the invite code and purchase a prototype. For example, you must be 18 years old and a US or UK resident, so adults living in the other parts of Europe or Australia aren't eligible. These age and country-specific rules are still in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Glass now ships to US and UK addresses, though the company still encourages beta testers to pick it up in person at its New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles offices. In the UK, "base camp" is in King's Cross, London. But across the pond in LA, specifically Venice Beach, is where I went for my "fitting experience" with a friendly Glass guide named Frank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Google employee helped with my Google Glass unboxing, adjusted the nose pads, tweaked the delicate nose stems and shaped the malleable titanium head band until it didn't sit so crooked on my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within ten minutes it looked perfect, or at least as perfect as one can appear with a wearable computer sitting on their face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though pliable, the titanium head band remains durable as it stretches from ear to ear. It runs alongside a plastic casing that hides Glass' key components and gives it an overall clean look. This subtle style makes the exposed parts like the camera lens in the front stand out even more - for better or worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone's attention is also immediately drawn to the adjacent cube-shaped glass prism that sits above the right eye. It has an acceptable 640 x 360 resolution and hangs just out of the way of the wearer's line of sight. For the wearer, this personalized display acts as a much bigger screen, one that's equivalent to a 25-inch HDTV sitting eight feet away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Google Glass dimensions are 5.25-inches at its widest point and 8-inches at its longest point. It's too long and wide to fit into my pocket, even though I've been able to carry a Nexus 7 tablet in my jeans' back pocket with a little squeeze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Society has banned fanny packs and the titanium head band doesn't collapse, so storage options are limited. When out and about it's either on my face or in the complementary case, which I stow in a backpack. There's no in-between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new Google Glass is almost indistinguishable from its predecessor, and the fact that it comes in the same colors doesn't help you tell them apart. The options are black, orange, gray, white and blue. Or, as the Glass guides insisted: charcoal, tangerine, shale, cotton and sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charcoal and cotton, the two non-color colors, appear to be the most popular, as they were initially sold out when I first entered my invite code to buy Google Glass. Luckily, before my seven-day invite expired, both options became available and I chose white. The choice made online actually didn't matter until I got to the on-site appointment. I was given one last chance to switch colors during the moment of truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The glaring exception to Glass' svelte design is the battery that rests behind the right ear and juts out rather noticeably. It's too big, yet it's not big enough for a full day's charge. Battery performance did improve with the Android KitKat update in April, but more power from this energy-eating wearable is still a priority of Explorers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even with the bulkiness of the battery and durable frame, Google Glass is extremely lightweight and comfortable resting on my face. It weights just 42 grams (1.48 oz) and because everything, including the screen, is just out of my line of sight I often forget I'm wearing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first, Google Glass did give me slight headaches as I strained my right eye to focus on the tiny prism in the top right corner of my vision. The team at the Venice headquarters did forewarn me about temporary Google Glass headaches, instructing me not to use Glass for more than a few hours the first couple of days. It's incredibly unnatural to have just one eye focus on a screen while the other goes without use, but my eyes and brain adjusted to the phenomenon in a few days to the point where it's now intuitive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a modern smartphone, there are few physical buttons and ports on Google Glass. That's because most of the interaction is done via a long 3.25-inch touchpad on the right side. Underneath the touchpad is a micro USB port for charging the device and on the top is a camera button that's great for quick snaps in noisy environments.</span></div>
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my adult life. Recently, on a long business flight, I began thinking about what
it takes to become successful as a Business Man—and how I would even define the
meaning “success” itself. The two ideas became more intertwined in my thinking:
success as a Business Man, Business Man success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the years on the subject of Business Man ship. The first thing I find I have to
do is to dispel the persistent myth that Business Man success is <i>all</i> about
innovative thinking and breakthrough ideas. I've found that Business Man
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Success<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. You must be passionate about
what you're trying to achieve</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. This means you’re willing to
sacrifice a large part of your waking hours to the idea you’ve come up with.
Passion will ignite the same intensity in the others who join you as you build
a team to succeed in this endeavor. And with passion, both your team and your
customers are more likely to truly believe in what you are trying to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. Focus intensely on your
opportunity.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort
and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation—in
other words, companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time
rather than doing too few things very well. Stay focused on the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. Success only comes from hard
work.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We all know that there is no such thing as overnight
success. Behind every overnight success lies years of hard work and sweat.
People with luck will tell you there’s no easy way to achieve success—and that
luck comes to those who work hard. Successful Business Mans always give 100
percent of their efforts to everything they do. If you know you are giving your
best effort, you’ll never have any reason for regrets. Keep your focus on
things you can control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7. the road to success is going
to be long, so remember to enjoy the journey.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Everyone
will teach you to focus on goals, but successful people focus on the
journey <i>and</i> celebrate the milestones along the way. Is it
worth spending a large part of your life trying to reach the destination if you
didn’t enjoy the journey along the way? Won’t the team you attract to join your
mission also enjoy the journey more as well? Wouldn’t it be better for all of
you to have the time of your life <i>during </i>the journey, even if
the destination is never reached?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. Trust your gut instinct more
than any spreadsheet.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There are too many variables in the real world that you
simply can’t put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your
inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your
heart and gut are still your best guide. We’ve all had experiences in business
where our heart told us something was wrong while our brain was still trying to
use logic to figure it all out. Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct
resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Be flexible but persistent.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Every Business
Man has to be agile in order to perform. You have to continually learn and
adapt as new information becomes available. At the same time you have to remain
persistent to the cause and mission of your enterprise. That’s where that faint
voice becomes so important, especially when it is giving you early warning
signals that things are going off-track. Successful Business Mans find the
balance between listening to that voice and staying persistent in driving for
success—because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional
bump that’s disguised as failure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Rely on your team.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> It’s a
simple fact: No individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people
around them who have complementary skill sets. Business Mans are an optimistic
bunch of people and it’s very hard for them to believe that they are not good
at certain things. It takes a lot of soul searching to find your own core
skills and strengths. After that, find the smartest people you can who <i>complement </i>your
strengths. It’s easy to get attracted to people who are like you; the trick is
to find people who are not like you but who are good at what they do—and what
you can’t do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. Execution, execution,
execution</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Unless you are the smartest person on earth, it’s likely that
many others have thought about doing the same thing you’re trying to do.
Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless
execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes
from basic blocking and tackling. All of us have seen Business Mans who waste
too much time writing business plans and preparing PowerPoints. I believe that
a business plan is too long if it’s more than one page. Besides, things
never turn out the way you envisioned them. No matter how much time you spend
perfecting the plan, you still have to adapt according to the ground realities.
You’re going to learn a lot more useful information from taking action rather
than hypothesizing. Remember—stay flexible and adapt as new information becomes
available.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. be honest and show
integrity. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can’t imagine anyone ever achieving long-term success without
having honesty and integrity. These two qualities need to be at the core of
everything we do. Everybody has a conscience—but too many people stop listening
to it. There is always that faint voice that warns you when you are not being
completely honest or even slightly off track from the path of integrity. Be
sure to listen to that voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Appreciate your success by
giving back. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't ever forget this part, arguably the most important part,
of defining yourself as a true success. By the time you achieve your success,
lots of people will have helped you along the way. You’ll learn, as I have,
that you rarely get a chance to help the people who helped you because in most
cases, you don’t even know who they were. The only way to pay back the debts we
owe is to help people we can help—and hope they will go on to help more people.
When we are successful, we draw so much from the community and society that we
live in, we should think in terms of how we can help others in return. It’s our
responsibility to do “good” with the resources we have available.  <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 26.25pt;"><span style="color: #174973; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How to Measure
Success?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hopefully, you have internalized
the 10 lessons of becoming a successful Business Man. The next question you are
likely to ask yourself is: How do we measure success? Success, of course, is
very personal; there is no universal way of measuring success. What do
successful people like Bill Gates and Mother Teresa have in common? On the
surface, it’s hard to find anything they share—and yet both are successful. I
personally believe the real metric of success isn’t the size of your bank
account. It’s the number of lives where you might be able to make a positive
difference. This is the measure of success we need to apply while we are on our
journey to success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How To Convert From .blogspot To A Custom Domain Name

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google created a blogging platform where individuals can start a blog or blogs to
talk about whatever they feel like blogging about.

The google blogs which are sub domains ending with .blogspot.com </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">started making waves
on the world wide web because of their ease of use and most importantly, how free they
were...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THEY ARE STILL ABSOLUTELY FREE !! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Most new Bloggers start with the google blogspot domain To get some knowledge of the
technology of blogging.

But in real sense, using blogspot sub domain for a business or company domain shows lack off
professionalism and so it is advisable to change your sub domain To a <a href="http://www.inwayhosting.com/clients/aff.php?aff=058" target="_blank">custom Domain</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In this post, I would teach you, giving you a step by step tutorial on How To Convert
Blogspot Domain To Custom Domain With GoDaddy though there are other hosting
companies like <a href="http://www.inwayhosting.com/clients/aff.php?aff=058" target="_blank">bigrock, hostigator</a> etc but i will use inwayhosting in my explanation </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So, How To Convert Blogspot Domain To Custom Domain With Lot of domain resellers.

you just buy a domain as starting at rates near by Rs.199, or us$ 4.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://support.google.com/blogger/troubleshooter/1233381?rd=1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">its will support you..</span><br />
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whatis the use of robots.txt file ???

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">robots.txt  ??? ??</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;">A </span><code style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</code><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;">file stored in the root of your website will tell</span><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;"> </span>web robots<span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;">like search engine spiders what directories and files they are allowed to crawl. It’s easy to</span><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;"> </span>use a robots.txt file<span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;">, but there are some things you should remember:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #191919; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<ol style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191919; line-height: 25px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 17px 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black hat web robots will ignore your <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file. The most common types are malware bots and robots looking for email addresses to harvest.</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some new programmers will write robots that ignore the <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file. This is usually done by mistake.</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone can see your <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file. They are always called <code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</code> and are always stored at the root of the website. For example, <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About.com’s</span> <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file is here http://www.samplesite.com/robots.txt.</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, if someone links to a file or directory that is excluded by your <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file from a page that is not excluded by their<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file, the search engines may find it anyway.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t use <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> files to hide anything important. Instead you should put important information behind secure passwords or leave it off the web entirely</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How to Use These Sample Files</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copy the text from the sample that is closest to what you want to do, and paste it into your<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</code> file. Change the robot, directory, and file names to match your prefered configuration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Two Basic Robots.txt Files</span></h3>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: *<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file says that any robot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: *</code>) that accesses it should ignore every page on the site (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow: /</code>).</span></div>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: *<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow:</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file says that any robot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: *</code>) that accesses it is allowed to view every page on the site (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow:</code>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also do this by leaving your<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file blank or not having one on your site at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Protect Specific Directories from Robots</span></h3>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: *<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /cgi-bin/<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /temp/</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file says that any robot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: *</code>) that accesses it should ignore the directories /cgi-bin/ and /temp/ (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /temp/</code>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Protect Specific Pages from Robots</span></h3>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: *<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /jenns-stuff.htm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /private.php</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file says that any robot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: *</code>) that accesses it should ignore the files /<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">jenns-stuff.htm</span> and /<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">private.php</span> (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow: /jenns-stuff.htm Disallow: /private.php</code>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Prevent a Specific Robot from Accessing Your Site</span></h3>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: Lycos/x.x<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file says that the Lycos bot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: Lycos/x.x</code>) is not allowed access anywhere on the site (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow: /</code>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Allow Only One Specific Robot Access</span></h3>
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<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">User-agent: *<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow: /<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />User-agent: Googlebot<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Disallow:</span></code></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This file first disallows all robots like we did above, and then explicitly lets the Googlebot (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: Googlebot</code>) have access to everything (<code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disallow:</code>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Combine Multiple Lines to Get Exactly the Exclusions You Want</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While it’s better to use a very inclusive User-agent line, like <code style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">User-agent: *</code>, you can be as specific as you like. Remember that robots read the file in order. So if the first lines say that all robots are blocked from everything, and then later on in the file it says that all robots are allowed access to everything, the robots will have access to everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re not sure whether you’ve written your <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file correctly, you can use Google’s Webmaster Tools to check your <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">robots.txt</span> file or write a new one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Key facts</span></h3>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests, but the most recent outbreak in west Africa has involved major urban as well as rural areas.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilisation.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early supportive care with rehydration, symptomatic treatment improves survival. There is as yet no licensed treatment proven to neutralise the virus but a range of blood, immunological and drug therapies are under development.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Background</span></h3>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which is often fatal if untreated. Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The current outbreak in west Africa, (first cases notified in March 2014), is the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976. There have been more cases and deaths in this outbreak than all others combined. It has also spread between countries starting in Guinea then spreading across land borders to Sierra Leone and Liberia, by air (1 traveller only) to Nigeria, and by land (1 traveller) to Senegal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most severely affected countries, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have very weak health systems, lacking human and infrastructural resources, having only recently emerged from long periods of conflict and instability. On August 8, the WHO Director-General declared this outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A separate, unrelated Ebola outbreak began in Boende, Equateur, an isolated part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virus family Filoviridae includes 3 genera: Cuevavirus, Marburgvirus, and Ebolavirus. There are 5 species that have been identified: Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, Reston and Taï Forest. The first 3, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Zaire ebolavirus, and Sudan ebolavirus have been associated with large outbreaks in Africa. The virus causing the 2014 west African outbreak belongs to the Zaire species.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is thought that fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are natural Ebola virus hosts. Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ebola then spreads through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health-care workers have frequently been infected while treating patients with suspected or confirmed EVD. This has occurred through close contact with patients when infection control precautions are not strictly practiced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of Ebola.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People remain infectious as long as their blood and body fluids, including semen and breast milk, contain the virus. Men who have recovered from the disease can still transmit the virus through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery from illness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The incubation period, that is, the time interval from infection with the virus to onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. First symptoms are the sudden onset of fever fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. This is followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, symptoms of impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding (e.g. oozing from the gums, blood in the stools). Laboratory findings include low white blood cell and platelet counts and elevated liver enzymes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It can be difficult to distinguish EVD from other infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever and meningitis. Confirmation that symptoms are caused by Ebola virus infection are made using the following investigations:</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samples from patients are an extreme biohazard risk; laboratory testing on non-inactivated samples should be conducted under maximum biological containment conditions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Supportive care-rehydration with oral or intravenous fluids- and treatment of specific symptoms, improves survival. There is as yet no proven treatment available for EVD. However, a range of potential treatments including blood products, immune therapies and drug therapies are currently being evaluated. No licensed vaccines are available yet, but 2 potential vaccines are undergoing human safety testing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prevention and control</span></h3>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilisation. Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Raising awareness of risk factors for Ebola infection and protective measures that individuals can take is an effective way to reduce human transmission. Risk reduction messaging should focus on several factors:</span></span></div>
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<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Reducing the risk of wildlife-to-human transmission</b> from contact with infected fruit bats or monkeys/apes and the consumption of their raw meat. Animals should be handled with gloves and other appropriate protective clothing. Animal products (blood and meat) should be thoroughly cooked before consumption.</span></li>
<li style="background-image: url(http://www.who.int/sysmedia/media/style/img/list.gif); background-position: 0% 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 2px 0px 1px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission</b> from direct or close contact with people with Ebola symptoms, particularly with their bodily fluids. Gloves and appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing is required after visiting patients in hospital, as well as after taking care of patients at home.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Controlling infection in health-care settings:</span></h3>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health-care workers should always take standard precautions when caring for patients, regardless of their presumed diagnosis. These include basic hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, use of personal protective equipment (to block splashes or other contact with infected materials), safe injection practices and safe burial practices.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus should apply extra infection control measures to prevent contact with the patient’s blood and body fluids and contaminated surfaces or materials such as clothing and bedding. When in close contact (within 1 metre) of patients with EBV, health-care workers should wear face protection (a face shield or a medical mask and goggles), a clean, non-sterile long-sleeved gown, and gloves (sterile gloves for some procedures).</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laboratory workers are also at risk. Samples taken from humans and animals for investigation of Ebola infection should be handled by trained staff and processed in suitably equipped laboratories.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WHO aims to prevent Ebola outbreaks by maintaining surveillance for Ebola virus disease and supporting at-risk countries to developed preparedness plans. The document provides overall guidance for control of Ebola and Marburg virus outbreaks:</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When an outbreak is detected WHO responds by supporting surveillance, community engagement, case management, laboratory services, contact tracing, infection control, logistical support and training and assistance with safe burial practices.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WHO has developed detailed advice on Ebola infection prevention and control:</span></span></div>
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Ebola virus disease

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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (COLLECTION OF FEES BY ANY PERSON FOR THE USE OF SECTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS/PERMANENT BRIDGE / TEMPORARY BRIDGE ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) RULES, 1997

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<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 read with section 8A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for Collection of Fees by any Person for the Use of Section of any National Highways/Permanent Bridges/Temporary Bridges on National Highways, namely:-</span></span></h3>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(c)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><sup>2</sup> [ "person" shall include any company or association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not.]</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">3.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Agreement and rate of fee</b></span></u></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Central Government may enter into an agreement with any person in relation to development and maintenance of the whole or any part of a national highway/permanent bridge/temporary bridge on national highway as it may decide, whereby the person may be permitted to invest his own funds for the development/maintenance of a section of national highway/permanent bridge/temporary bridge and to collect and retain the fees at agreed rates from different categories of mechanical vehicles for an agreed period for the use of the facilities thus created, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement and these rules.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rates of fees and the period of collection shall be decided and shall be specified by notification in the Official Gazette by the Central Government having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance, management and operation of the whole or part of such section, interest on the capital invested, reasonable return, the volume of traffic and the period of such agreement.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On completion of the period of collection of fees by the person, as per the agreement, all rights pertaining to the section/permanent bridge/temporary bridge on national highway shall be deemed to have been taken over by the Central Government and that Government shall continue with the collection of fees as notified from time to time.</span></b><br />
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<li><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vide G.S.R 62 (E) ,dated 6<sup>th</sup>February,1997,published in the Gazette of India,Extra.,Pt.II,Sec. 3(i),dated 6<sup>th</sup>Feb,1997,pp 2-3.</span></b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ins. by G.S.R. 336(E),dated 13<sup>th</sup>April,2000 (w.e.f 17-04-2000</span></b></li>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td align="left" class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="middle"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rates of fee, the categories of vehicles exempted from payment of fee and the name, address and telephone number of the authority to whom complaints, if any, should be addressed, shall be conspicuously and prominently displayed 500m ahead of the toll booths, lOOm ahead of the toll booths and at the toll booths also, the height of the display boards and size of letters being such that it is easy for drivers to read the display boards.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">4.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Modalities of fee collection</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mode of fee collection shall be decided by the person referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 3.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A table of fees authorised to be collected on any section of national highway/ permanent bridge/temporary bridge on national highway shall be put up by such person in a conspicuous place near a fee collection booth legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which the national highway is situated.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">5.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">In charge of fee collection</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(l)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The person authorised to collect and retain the fees under these rules shall nominate an official as in-charge of fee collection, and the person as also the official so nominated shall be responsible to ensure that fees are collected at not more than the agreed rates and the fee collection is smooth without causing undue hardship to the road users, and for all other matters connected with the fee collection of section of national highway/permanent bridge/temporary bridge:<br />Provided that no fee shall be payable or collected in respect of the following vehicles, namely:—</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(i)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" width="4"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="1" src="http://www.nhai.org/NwImg/clearpixel.gif" width="4" /></span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">vehicles having "VIP" symbols or belonging to the President and Vice-President of India, Central and State Ministers, Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha l RajyaSabha l State Legislature having the status of Cabinet Minister, Governors, Lt. Governors/Executive Councilors/Spealcers/Chairman of Central and State Legislatures, Members of Parliament and Members of State Legislative Assemblies/Councils within their respective constituencies, Foreign Dignitaries on State visit to India, Foreign diplomats stationed in India using cars with "CD" symbols;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(ii)</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Defense vehicles, Police vehicles, Fire-fighting vehicles, Ambulances, Funeral vans, Posts and Telegraphs Department vehicles and Central Government and State Government vehicles on duty.]</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The name, address and telephone number, if any, of the in charge of a fee collection shall be displayed at suitable and conspicuous locations.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">6.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Verification of fee collection.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(l)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It shall be the responsibility of the person referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 3 to strictly ensure that all fees leviable are levied, fully collected and correctly maintained. The person shall submit certified and audited copies of the statements of fee collection at specified intervals as required under the notification for fee collection under sub-rule (2) of rule 3. The auditor shall be appointed by the Government.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="1" src="http://www.nhai.org/NwImg/clearpixel.gif" width="4" /></span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Central Government shall have the right to check the fee collection at any or all times through their designated officers.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">7.<u></u></b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Person to have rights to regulate traffic.</b></span></td></tr>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The person referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 3 shall have powers to regulate and control the traffic, on such section of national highway/permanent bridge/temporary bridge on national highway relating to which he is authorised to collect fees under these rules, in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter VIII of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for proper management thereof.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">1.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">In. by G.S.R 336(E) dated 13<sup>th</sup>April,2000 (w.e.f 17-4-2000)</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">2.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Subs. by G.S.R .336(E) ,dated 13<sup>th</sup>April,2000 (w.e.f 17-04-2000)</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr align="center" valign="middle"><td class="title" colspan="5" style="color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (RATE OF FEE) RULES, 1997 <sup>1</sup></b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" colspan="5" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 read with sub-section (1) of section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to lay down the rate of fee for the use of sections of any national highway or bridges or both, namely:-</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">1.<u></u></b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Short title and commencement</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These rules may be called the National Highways (Rate of Fee) Rules, 1997.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">2.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Act" means the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956);</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(b)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"mechanical vehicle" means any laden or unladen vehicle designed to be driven under its own power, including a motor vehicle as defined in clause (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(c)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"bridge" means a permanent bridge or a temporary bridge, as the case may be;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(d)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Section of national highway or permanent bridge or temporary bridge" means that continuous length of national highway or permanent bridge or temporary bridge on national highway as notified by the Central Government in Official Gazette on which fee shall be charged.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">3.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rate</b></span></td></tr>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rate of fee for services rendered in relation to the use of ferries, permanent bridges, temporary bridges or tunnels on any section of national highway or bridge or both and the period of collection of such fee may be determined and levied by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, having regard to the expenditure involved in building, maintenance and management operation of the whole or part of such section of national highway, or bridge or both, and the volume of traffic and vehicle operating costs thereon.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fee under sub-rule (1) for projects involving conversion into four-lanes of existing two-lane of national highways shall not exceed the capping rates given below at June 1997 prices, namely:-</span></b><br />
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<tr class="tblcontents" style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal;"><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Car or Jeep or Van</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rs. 0.40 per km</span></b></td></tr>
<tr class="contentsalt" style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal;"><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Light commercial vehicles</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rs. 0.70 per km</span></b></td></tr>
<tr class="tblcontents" style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal;"><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Truck or Bus</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rs. 1.40 per km</span></b></td></tr>
<tr class="contentsalt" style="font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal;"><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heavy construction machinery and earthmoving equipment</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rs. 3.00 per km</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rate of fee fixed under sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) shall be linked to the wholesale price index of a year and may be determined on yearly basis and be rounded to the nearest rupee by the Central Government over the rates notified. </span></b><br />
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<li><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vide G.S.R 570(E) ,dated 30<sup>th</sup>September,1997,published in the Gazette of India, Extra.,1964,Pt.II,Sec. 3(i),dated 30<sup>th</sup>September,1997.</span></b></li>
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<tr align="center" valign="middle"><td class="title" colspan="5" style="color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (FEES FOR THE USE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS SECTION AND PERMANENT BRIDGE PUBLIC FUNDED PROJECT) RULES, 1997<sup>1</sup></b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" colspan="5" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) and in supersession of the National Highways (Fees for Use of Permanent Bridges) Rules, 1992 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to levy the fees for the use of sections of any National Highway or Bridges or both.</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">1.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Short title, extent and commencement</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(i)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These rules may be called the National Highways (Fees for the Use of National Highways, Section and Permanent Bridge—Public Funded Project) Rules, 1997.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(ii)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They shall come into force on the date2 of their publication in the Official Gazette.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">2.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Definitions.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘Act’ means the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956),</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(b)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"executing agency" means,--</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(i)</span></b></td><td rowspan="3" width="4"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="1" src="http://www.nhai.org/NwImg/clearpixel.gif" width="4" /></span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the case of those national highways administratively placed under the charge of Border Roads Organization, the Border Roads Development Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘BRDB’);</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(ii)</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the case of those national highways or part thereof entrusted to National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as NHAI), the National Highways Authority of India;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(iii)</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in other cases the State Government or Union Territory, the Administration to which such functions are delegated under section 5 of the Act;</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(c)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"mechanical vehicle" means any laden or unladen vehicle designed to be driven under its own power including a motor vehicle as defined in clause (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(d)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"franchisee" means a firm or a company or a person to whom the franchise to collect and retain the fee has been awarded through auction;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(e)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Fee Inspector" means a person authorised by the executing agency concerned to collect fee in respect of any mechanical vehicle crossing a permanent bridge or using the National Highway Section and includes every Government employee posted on such bridge or National Highway Section in connection with the collection of fees;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(f)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Form A" means Form A appended to these rules;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(g)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Form B" means Form B appended to these rules;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(h)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Form C" means Form C appended to these rules;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Pay and Accounts Officer" means Pay and Accounts Officer (National Highway), Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(j)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"permanent bridge" means a bridge with permanent structure the cost of which includes the cost of bridge proper approach roads, guide bunds and protective work, excluding the cost of toll booths which is more than rupees 25 lakhs and upto rupees 100 lakh for each, completed and opened to traffic on or after first day of April, 1976 but before the first day of May, 1992 and thereafter all the bridges costing more than Rs. 100 lakhs on National Highway, which shall be notified separately for levy of fee collection; and</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(k)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"National Highway Section" means continuous length of any national highway or by-pass which shall be notified for separately levy of fee collection;</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer" means the officer of the State Public Works Department (Roads and Building) of any other department dealing with National Highway having that designation of equivalent and being incharge of a particular road of permanent bridge located on a national highway.<br /><br />1- Vide G.S.R 490(E) ,dated 27<sup>th</sup>August,1997,published in the Gazette of India,Extra.,Pt.II,Sec. 3(i),dated 27<sup>th</sup>August,1997.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">3.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Rate of fee and its payment.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u>These shall be levied and paid to the executing agency, on behalf of the Government of India, fee on mechanical vehicles for the use of National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both at the rates notified by the Central Government, in the Official Gazette in respect of such National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">4.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Displaying of rates of fees.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A table displaying rates of fees, rates authorised to be levied at any National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both shall be put up in a conspicuous place near the fee collection booths legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both are situated.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">5.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Procedure for collection.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All fees levied under these rules shall be collected by the executing agency concerned departmentally or through private contractors on the basis of competitive bidding on behalf of the Central Government.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">6.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Collection of fees departmentally.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The executing agency concerned shall make necessary arrangement for putting up adequate number of collection booths, operated manually or by automatic arrangement or by combination of both as may be considered suitable by the executing agency.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There shall be posted a Fee Inspector, with necessary police guard to assist at either end of the National Highways Section or permanent bridge who shall be authorised to collect fee in respect of any mechanical vehicle using the National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both, at the rates notified by the Central Government separately.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There shall be provided at either end of the National Highway Section or permanent bridge or both together, a cross bar for securing the stoppage of mechanical vehicles.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fee Inspector shall ensure at the cross bar that passage is not allowed to mechanical vehicles unless the fee leviable in respect thereof has been paid.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">7.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u>(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every driver, owner or person in charge of a mechanical vehicle shall, before crossing the National Highway Section or permanent bridge or having crossed it, stop his vehicle at the cross bar and pay the fee leviable in respect of the vehicles at the fee collection booths. The Fee Inspector shall in return, prepare a receipt in duplicate in Form A and hand over one copy of the receipt to the driver or owner or person in charge of the mechanical vehicle.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toll collection shall be done only at one place within a distance of 80 kms. from a point at the beginning of first National Highway Section or approach of entry of the first permanent bridge to be crossed under the jurisdiction of the same executing agency, regardless of number of projects falling within the length in order to facilitate free and unhindered movement of traffic. Where it is not feasible to do so, the number of collection point shall be kept minimum and shall be decided with the approval of Central Government. The fee may be collected from the driver, owner or person incharge of a vehicle on the first National Highway Section or permanent bridge which is intended to be crossed by such vehicle. The driver, owner or person incharge of the vehicle holding the receipt of such payment shall be allowed to pass through other Sections and bridges of such Highway unhindered after showing the receipt to the Fee Inspector posted on other sections or bridges. Details of such Sections and bridges shall be displayed at a conspicuous place near the fees collection booths of the Sections or bridges covered under this sub-rule legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which such sections or bridges are situated.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fee Inspector shall on receipt of the fee notified by the Central Government fill up a receipt in duplicate in Form A and deliver one copy thereof to the driver, owner or the person incharge of the vehicle in respect of which the fee has been paid and retain the second copy for record.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the same vehicle has to cross the National Highway Section or bridge more than once in a day, the user shall have the option to pay one and a half times of rate notified by the Government while crossing such section or bridge in the first trip itself, or if the vehicle has to use the section or bridge frequently the vehicle owner can have a monthly pass on the payment of charges equal to 30 single rates.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">8.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Remittance of fee collection in case of departmental fee collection.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u>(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fee Inspector on duty shall be responsible for the collection and safe custody of the amounts collected during his duty period. The Fee Inspector shall not leave the collection booth till his reliever takes over from him.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fee Inspector shall maintain a cash register as prescribed in Form B and keep it posted up to date.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fee Inspector shall at the end of the period of his duty hand over the amount collected by him to his reliever after obtaining the signature of the latter in the relevant column of the cash register.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every day between 16.00 hours and 17.00 hours the Fee Inspector on duty shall hand over the entire amount of the fee collected during the preceding 24 hours to the Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge of National Highway Section or permanent bridge after obtaining his signature in the relevant column of the cash register.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(5)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge shall keep the amounts of collection received from the Fee Inspector in the chest provided for the purpose at his office.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(6)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge shall on every Saturday or if it happens to be a holiday, on the next working day, remit the amount received by him in respect of the week preceding the Saturday by a demand draft to the Pay and Accounts Officer. The Pay and Accounts Officer shall account the amounts so received in the relevant receipt head in his books.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(7)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge shall maintain a register as prescribed in Form C showing the remittance made to the Pay and Accounts Officer and shall keep the register posted up to date.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(8)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge shall exercise supervision and control over the staff posted at the National Highway Section or permanent bridge in connection with the collection of the fees and maintain the proper accounts and records.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(9)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sub-Divisional Officer, in-charge of the National Highway Section or the permanent bridge shall pay surprise visits at least twice a month at the Offices of the Fee Inspector or the Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge to check that the collection and remittance of fees by the staff is being done in accordance with the provisions of these rules. He shall countersign the cash register and the other record maintained by the staff in token of such visit. Such visit, at least once in three months shall also be made by the Executive Engineer of the State Public Works Department (Roads and Building) or by the officer of equivalent rank in any other department.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">9.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Fee collection through franchisee.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In case the fee collection is to be done through the franchisee, the collection of fee and retaining such fee shall be auctioned under the instructions for specific periods as the Central Government may issue and the money shall be collected by the executing agency or his authorised representative as per the terms and conditions of the agreement executed for such purposes.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mode of fee collection shall be decided by the franchisee referred to in sub-rule (1) with the approval of the Central Government.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A table of fees.authonsed to be collected on any National Highway Section or permanent bridge shall be put up by such franchisee in a conspicuous place near a fee collection booth legibly written or printed in English, Hindi and the regional language of the area in which the national highway is situated.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The franchisee authorised to collect and retain the fee under these rules shall nominate an official as in charge of fee collection who shall be responsible to ensure that fees are collected at not more than the notified rates and the fee collection is smooth without causing hardship to the road users and for all other matters connected with the fee collection on National Highway Section or permanent bridge.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(5)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The name, address and telephone number if any, of such official in charge of fee collection shall be displayed at suitable and conspicuous locations.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(6)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The executing agency shall remit the auction money so collected from the franchisee by a demand draft to the Pay and Accounts Officer, National Highways, Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi. The Pay and Accounts Officer shall account the amount so received in the relevant receipt head in his books.</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">10.</b></span></td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Special conditions when sections or bridges built by Government are used for developing adjacent Build, Operate and Transfer Projects of private parties.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To improve the financial viability of a Build, Operate and Transfer Project as decided by the Competent Authority, the concessionaire may be allowed to collect and retain the fees so collected for the full concession period as agreed to in the specific agreement in respect of the facility offered to him under National Highways (Collection of Fee by any Person for the Use of Section of National Highways/Permanent Bridges/Temporary Bridges on National Highways) Rules, 1997 and the facility shall revert back to the Government at the end of concession period and the collection of fee thereafter shall be governed by these rules.<br />National Highways Section/permanent bridges built under public funding programme and offered for developing further contiguous sections of such National Highway as decided by the Competent Authority shall revert back to the Government at the end of the concession period and the collection of fee thereafter shall be governed by these rules.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">11.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Tenure of fee collection.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fee shall be collected in perpetuity by the executing agency.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">12.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Submission of returns.</b></span></u></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u>(1)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The executing agency concerned in case of departmental fee collection shall furnish returns in the first week of July, October, January and April of every year to the Pay and Accounts Officer containing— </span></b><br />
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<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a)</span></b></td><td rowspan="2" width="4"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="1" src="http://www.nhai.org/NwImg/clearpixel.gif" width="4" /></span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monthwise consolidated statement showing the amount collected and remitted on account of fee proceeds in respect of each National Highway Section or permanent bridge along with the details of number and date of demand draft by which the amount has been remitted, and</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(b)</span></b></td><td><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monthwise break up of the expenditure incurred on each National Highway Section or permanent bridge by the executing agency required to be reimbursed on account of collection of the fees on the basis of actual expenditure incurred.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)</span></b></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Executing Agency concerned in case of fee collection through franchisee shall furnish to the Pay and Accounts Officer, National Highways, Government of India, Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi or any other officer so authorised, the details regarding the franchise, the amount and the period for which the franchise has been awarded, immediately, after the auction for fee collection through such franchise.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">13.</b></span></div>
</td><td class="contentsbold" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsbold" colspan="3" style="color: maroon; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Furnishing of security in case of departmental fees collection.</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" width="2%"></td><td class="contentsalt" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 20px;" width="4"></td><td class="contentsalt" colspan="3" style="font-stretch: normal;" valign="top"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Fee Inspector or the Sectional Officer/Junior Engineer-in-charge shall deposit a cash security of not less than Rs. 1000 by executing a security bond in the prescribed form as laid down in the Treasury Rules with the concerned Executive Engineer or the concerned officer of equivalent rank in any other department.<br /><br />Source : </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px;"><b>http://www.nhai.org/rules1997.html.</b></span></span></td></tr>
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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (COLLECTION OF FEES BY ANY PERSON FOR THE USE OF SECTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS/PERMANENT BRIDGE / TEMPORARY BRIDGE ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) RULES, 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 read with section 8A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Governm...

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