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Centre eyeing state highways with high traffic for lane expansion: Gadkari

The Centre is mulling a scheme under which it will take over state highways having high-traffic density for expansion, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. Gadkari, who handles the road transport and highways portfolio, said a state highway will be expanded into a four or six lane road by the Centre and toll will be collected for 25 years before handing the asset back to the state. "we will take that highway from the state government (and) will collect the toll," Gadkari said, speaking at a convention organised by the Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI) here. The minister, who has built a reputation for constructing mega road projects across the country, exuded confidence that the money invested for a particular highway's expansion into a 4-6 lane carriageway can be recovered in 12-13 years itself. He, however, did not offer any elaboration on the evinced plan like if the Centre is in talks with any states or the overall outlay under this or if such

New rules from Sept 1: Toll prices, insurance, property rates and more

New Rules: Toll prices and property rates surged in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Audi announced a price hike on all of its models. Read this article to know what changes have been made till now

Transporters may have to shell out more for toll on new port roads

The development comes at a time when the shipping ministry stares at under-utilisation of assets since there has been slow progress on road and railway connectivity projects

Google Maps rolls out estimated toll charges for your journey in India

Google has rolled out a new feature in Maps for users in India, the US, Japan and Indonesia that will give estimate of toll charges on a given route.

AAP govt writes to Delhi Lt Guv, alleges scam in toll tax collection

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena alleging a scam in toll tax collection by the BJP-led MCD and demanded an inquiry into the matter. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) dismissed the claim, saying the company on which the allegations were levelled, was blacklisted for five years. AAP leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said toll tax collection is the largest source of revenue for the MCD. "All the toll tax collection in Delhi goes to the MCD. There has been a large-scale scam in the collection of toll tax. In 2017, the MCD gave the rights of collecting toll tax to a firm for approximately Rs 1,200 crore. The company did not pay Rs 950 crore to the MCD and went to the court. The MCD won the case, but till now, no action has been taken against the company," he alleged in a media briefing. Alleging that the MCD suffers a loss of Rs 1,180 crore due to the collusion of BJP and toll tax companies, he said tenders worth Rs 1,200

What is FASTag technology and how has it made life easier on highways?

FASTags are prepaid rechargeable tags affixed on the windshield of vehicles for toll collection on national highways. They work with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology

Toll booths open to biz, but India's oldest highway wears deserted look

Constructed by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century, the original road over the years extended right up to Kabul in Afghanistan (in the west) and Chittagong in Bangladesh (in the east).

FASTags to help NHAI bring transparency, check underreporting of collection

One is not sure if the transition to a cashless system will leave scope for investigation on previously under reported toll.

Govt extends mandatory FASTag roll out for toll payments to December 15

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had earlier announced that from December 1, toll payments on highways would be accepted through FASTags only

FASTag sale zooms past 7 mn, record 135,583 of that on November 26 alone

FASTag is accepted on more than 560 toll plazas and more number of plazas are getting added on a daily basis

Link your FASTag to a prepaid card, not a savings or current account

Since FASTag is mandatory, it's better to understand its risks; linking it to your savings will lead to balance being deducted from your bank account

From today, private vehicles will have to pay toll on Rajasthan highways

As part of their statewide agitation, BJP protested the toll tax on private vehicles on state highways

Soon, you may have to pay highway toll based on distance actually travelled

Geo-fencing to map vehicle route; pilot run expected on Delhi-Mumbai highway

Vehicles for physically challenged exempted from toll tax

Fee waiver has been introduced at 63 toll plazas and would be implemented at all booths across the country