Toll Tax Hike: NHAI Announces 5% Increase in Rates Across Highways Starting June 3
June 2, 2024 - PatialaPolitics
Toll Tax Hike: NHAI Announces 5% Increase in Rates Across Highways Starting June 3
Road toll tax are set to be increased from Monday (June 3). Toll charges will be hiked by 3-5 per cent across the country, Reuters reported quoting officials. The toll charges in India are revised annually in line with inflation. However, due to Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the annual increase was put on hold. “As the election process is over, the revision of user fee (toll) rates, which was put on hold during the elections, would become effective from June 3,” a senior official at NHAI told the news agency.
From June 3, toll taxes will be hiked at nearly 1,100 toll plazas across India including the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway. India has invested billions of dollars over the last decade to expand the national highways with a total length of about 146,000 kilometres. The country has the second-largest global road network.