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Toll Tax Rates: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased the toll tax. The new rates will now come into effect from 12 midnight on Sunday, June 2. Officials said that road toll charges are going to increase by 3-5% across the country from Monday. Let us tell you that the annual increase was stopped in April due to the general elections in the country.
Toll charges in India are revised every year according to inflation and highway operators have announced a 3% to 5% hike at around 1,100 toll plazas from Monday by giving notices in local newspapers. A senior official of the National Highways Authority of India told news agency Reuters that the user fee (toll) rates have been revised since the election process ended. It was put on hold during the elections and is now effective from June 3.
Toll increased so much on Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Drivers going from Meerut to Ghaziabad via Delhi-Meerut Expressway or to Shamli via Karnal Highway will be hit harder by the toll tax. From 12 o'clock tonight, i.e. Sunday, car drivers going from Meerut to Sarai Kale Khan will have to pay Rs 165 instead of Rs 160 at the Kashi (Partapur) toll plaza. The toll for both ways in 24 hours will be Rs 250 instead of Rs 230. The burden on drivers going from Meerut to Karnal via Shamli on the Meerut-Karnal Highway will increase by five to ten rupees. Different rates have been fixed for different vehicle categories.
The journey from Prayagraj to Varanasi and from Kaushambi to Pratapgarh has become expensive.
Now, the journey from Prayagraj to Varanasi and Kaushambi to Pratapgarh has become expensive. It has been told that the toll tax has been increased by five to seven rupees per kilometer on small vehicles like cars and others and 25 to 30 rupees per kilometer on heavy vehicles. The toll tax has been increased the most between Kanpur-Prayagraj Highway. If you travel by car, then you will have to pay 55 rupees extra at Barauri toll plaza in Fatehpur and 40 rupees extra at Katoghan toll plaza.
These people will benefit from the increase in toll
The toll hike will benefit large operators such as IRB Infrastructure Developers and Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. India has invested billions of dollars over the past decade to expand national highways, with a total length of about 146,000 km, the second-largest road network in the world.
The toll increased so much year after year
Toll collection is expected to exceed Rs 540 billion ($6.5 billion) in the 2022/23 fiscal year, up from Rs 252 billion in 2018/19. This was helped by an increase in the number of toll plazas and charges, as well as an increase in road traffic.
