On National Highways and Expressways Central Government closes 62 toll plazas in public interest

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In the recent action, central government informed in Lok Sabha that they has closes about 62 toll plazas, which are on highways and expressways in public interest after the recovery of cost of capital.

During the period of question hour in Lok Sabha, Pon Radhakrishnan, the minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, stated that “In public interest our government has closed about 62 toll plazas on national highways and expressways after the recovery of capital cost”.

All of these toll plazas were located in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat,  Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,  Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Odisha and Rajasthan. Recently, government launched a web portal to make sure that all the road users can access the information that now onwards concerning toll plazas which are on the expressways and national highways are now under National Highway Authority of India and Road Transport and Highways Ministry.

The more he added that the total revenue collected from all of these toll plazas are about more than Rs 9283.23 crore for the year 2012 to 2013 whereas; Rs 11,436.59 crore for the year 2013 to 2104 and about Rs 14,214.48 crore for the year 2014 to 2105.

However; the information also includes the required fee rates for the different sets or categories of vehicles at any of these toll plazas, as well as the information about the facilities available at toll plaza and the emergency contact numbers.