 Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 28: The Union Government has earned an amount of Rs 1.44 lakh crore from different toll plazas set up on the various national highways across the country.
Replying to a question from Congress member Charanjit Singh Channi in Lok Sabha, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said that an amount of 1.44 lakh crore rupees have been collected as the user fee at fee plazas presently operational under Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model on National Highways since December 2000.
Regarding the questions of whether there is any fixed timeline for the implementation and abolition of toll tax and details of tolls that are still operational despite being abolished, the Minister said that the user fee at fee plazas on National Highways are collected as per NH Fee Rules, 2008 and its amendment thereof.
Giving reasons for imposing additional The user fee at toll plazas on National Highways is collected as per NH Fee Rules, 2008 and its amendment thereof.
The Govt by notification in the official Gazette, levies user fee for the use of any section of National Highway.
The Road and Transport Ministry has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 9.94 Lakh crore on the development of National Highways (NHs) during the past five years.
“The Government by notification in the official Gazette, levies user fee on National Highways for the use of any section of National Highway, in accordance with the provisions of NH Fee Rules”, the Minister said.
Replying to another question, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways informed that the Ministry has incurred an expenditure of Rs. 9.94 Lakh crore on the development of National Highways (NHs) during the last five years.
“Expenditure of about Rs. 27,000 Crore has been incurred by the Ministry on Maintenance and Repair (M&R) of NHs during the last five years”, he said. | 