Staggered toll hike on incomplete roads on cards

NEW DELHI: Amid reports of growing protests against toll fee charged from highway users, the government has proposed a slew of reforms as rationalization measures and would seek the Union Cabinet's nod soon.

In the fresh amendments proposed in the NH toll rules, the highways ministry has favoured staggering toll hike on under-construction six-lane roads to four years.

Currently, toll charges escalate on any four-lane stretch undertaken for upgrading it to six lanes from the day the private concessionaire begins work. This practice — prevalent on stretches like Gurgaon-Jaipur and Panipat-Jalandhar — has been facing stiff opposition from commuters. The ministry has proposed that the staggered increase in toll on such a stretch would be 25% annually and the maximum cap would be 80%.

"The disincentive of losing revenue would motivate the concessionaire to expedite work. Earlier, they were less bothered since they were getting full toll from day one," said a government official.

The ministry recently informed the Rajya Sabha that tolling on 17 under-construction highways is on across the country. The new norms, once passed, would be applicable on all future six-laning projects. The ministry is also proposing to bring all two-and-half-lane highways under tolling. Similarly, it is proposing that the toll applicable on expressways should be 1.25 times more than what is charged on a normal NH.

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