Toll Tax
With effect from October 2, 2014, the toll tax at all five entry-exit points of Mumbai will be hiked by up to nearly 20 percent. The move will likely harm the Congress and the NCP in the assembly polls. With regard to the imminent increase in toll rates, officials have revealed that the revised toll [...] Continue Reading »
In a move that will come as a big relief to commuters, the government has decided to scrap toll on all highway stretches where developers have recovered their investment, highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. We cannot scrap the toll on highways that have been awarded on public private partnership model as that would [...] Continue Reading »
The commuters of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) in Hyderabad will have to pay toll charges based on the distance travelled on the eight-lane stretch. Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has decided to start collecting toll on the southern arc of the ORR from Pedda Amberpet to Patancheru. As per the National Highway Authority of [...] Continue Reading »
The government of India has decided to attract public-private participation, in National Highways projects. To implement the government strategy the NHAI has adopted Build-Operate-Transfer [BOT] (Toll) mode of delivery under public private partnership (PPP) as the preferred mode for development of highway projects. The cost of construction varies on different territory of India. To recover [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has prepared toll tax proposals and sent it to the state government for approval. The proposed toll, which will be based on distance travelled and vehicle, will be between Rs 20 and Rs 150 and it will be collected only at exit points or at interchange points.Though the 158-kilometer [...] Continue Reading »
