Lok Sabha Question No. 6239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Setting up of Toll Gates
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS, BALABHADRA MAJHI

be pleased to state:

- (a) the terms & conditions of awarding toll gate contract on National Highways;
- (b) whether there is any provision of a lane for exempted vehicles;
- (c) if so, whether there is any system to ensure that only exempted vehicles pass through such lanes;
- (d) the criteria of setting up of various check gates in NHs including toll gates throughout the country;
- (e) whether the toll gates established by the State Governments are notified by the Union Government, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the total number of toll gates on the NHs, State/UT-wise including North Eastern States?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) (i)     NHAI  invites  bids  for  collection  of  user  fee  at  user  fee  plaza  of  public funded projects and BOT (Annuity) projects on following modes:
-         3 month e-quotation contract
-         One Year Regular Bid
-         Long Term Contract

In  all  three  modes,  bids  are  invited  based  on  NHAI  estimated  Annual  Potential Collection  (APC)  which  is  calculated  on  the  basis  of  user  fee  rates  published  in Gazette  of  India.  NHAI  awards  user  fee  contract  to  the  bidders,  who  quote maximum amount against APC.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6239

ANSWERED ON 05 TH  APRIL, 2018

## SETTING UP OF TOLL GATES

## 6239. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS: SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (ii) In case of BOT(Toll)/OMT Projects, user fee is being collected by
- concessionaire in accordance with Concession Agreement. (b) No, Madam. (c) Question does not arise. (d) As  per  Clause  17  of  NH  Fee  Rules, no  barrier  shall  be  installed  at  any  place, other than at the toll plaza, except with the prior permission in writing of the Central Government or the executing authority, as the case may be, who, after being  satisfied  that  there  is  evasion  of  fee,  may  allow  on  such  terms  and conditions as it may impose, the installation of such additional barrier by the Central Government, the executing authority or the concessionaire, as the case may be, within ten kilometers from the toll plaza to check the evasion of fee. Such permission can be withdrawn for reasons to be recorded in writing. In the event of refusal for installation of an additional barrier, the reasons for such refusal  are  to  be  communicated  to  such  concessionaire  within  a  reasonable period. (e) No, Madam. (f) Details of user fee gate on NHs entrusted to NHAI is enclosed at Annexure-I .

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PART (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6239 ANSWERED ON 05.04.2018 ASKED BY SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS AND SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF TOLL GATES'

| STATE-WISE STRETCHES PUT UNDER TOLLING AS ON 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   | No. of toll plaza as on 31.03.2018   |     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----|
| STATE-WISE STRETCHES PUT UNDER TOLLING AS ON 31.03.2018   | PF                                   | BOT (Annuity)                        | BOT                                  | SPV (NHAI)                           | SPV (PC)                             | OMT                                  |     |
| Andhra Pradesh (RO Vijaywada)                             | 16                                   | 2                                    | 11                                   |                                      | 2                                    | 3                                    | 34  |
| Bihar (RO Patna)                                          | 3                                    | 5                                    | 5                                    |                                      |                                      | 4                                    | 17  |
| Chhatisgarh (RO Nagpur & Chhatisgarh)                     |                                      |                                      | 6                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      | 6   |
| Delhi (RO delhi)                                          | 2                                    |                                      | 1                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      | 3   |
| Gujarat (RO Gandhinagar)                                  | 9                                    | 1                                    | 20                                   |                                      |                                      | 4                                    | 34  |
| Haryana (RO Chandigarh)                                   | 1                                    | 1                                    | 14                                   |                                      |                                      |                                      | 16  |
| Jammu & Kashmir (RO                                       | 2                                    | 3                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      | 5   |
| Jharkhand (ROI Ranchi)                                    | 4                                    | 1                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      | 5   |
| Karnataka (RO Bangalore)                                  | 3                                    | 3                                    | 27                                   | 2                                    |                                      |                                      | 35  |
| Kerala (RO Thiruvanantpuram)                              |                                      |                                      | 2                                    |                                      |                                      | 1                                    | 3   |
| Madhya Pradesh (RO Bhopal)                                | 10                                   | 1                                    | 6                                    |                                      |                                      | 7                                    | 24  |
| Maharashtra                                               |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |     |
| RO Mumbai                                                 | 1                                    |                                      | 14                                   |                                      |                                      |                                      | 15  |
| RO Nagpur & Chhattisgarh                                  | 1                                    | 3                                    | 11                                   |                                      |                                      | 1                                    | 16  |
| North-East (RO Guwahati)                                  | 2                                    | 2                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      | 4   |
| Odisha (RO Bhubneshwar)                                   | 5                                    |                                      | 5                                    | 1                                    |                                      |                                      | 11  |
| Punjab (RO Chandigarh)                                    | 2                                    | 1                                    | 9                                    |                                      |                                      | 2                                    | 14  |
| Rajasthan (RO Jaipur)                                     | 22                                   | 2                                    | 31                                   |                                      |                                      | 2                                    | 57  |
| Tamilnadu (RO Chennai)                                    | 11                                   | 4                                    | 27                                   | 1                                    |                                      | 2                                    | 45  |
| Telangana (RO Hyderabad)                                  | 3                                    | 6                                    | 6                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      | 15  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                             |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |                                      |     |
| RO UP East                                                | 7                                    | 4                                    | 7                                    |                                      |                                      | 13                                   | 31  |
| RO UP West                                                | 3                                    | 2                                    | 10                                   |                                      |                                      | 2                                    | 17  |
| West Bengal (RO Kolkatta)                                 | 3                                    | 2                                    | 11                                   |                                      |                                      | 1                                    | 17  |
| Uttrakhand (RO Dehradoon)                                 |                                      |                                      | 1                                    |                                      |                                      |                                      | 1   |
| Grand Total                                               | 110                                  | 43                                   | 224                                  | 4                                    | 2                                    | 42                                   | 425 |