Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Toll Plazas on NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Riti Pathak, Keshari Devi Patel

be pleased to state:

(a)   total number of toll plazas on the national  highways  and  State  highways, State/UT-wise;

(b)  the  number    of    toll  plazas  which  have  earned/recovered  more  than  the  cost  incurred  on construction of the respective highways, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  Government proposes  to  close  the  toll  plazas  which have  earned/recovered  the cost  of  road construction and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  whether the Government raises the funds  for  the  maintenance  of  roads  or construction of new roads in the form of tax levied in the prices of petrol-diesel and if so, the details thereof;

(e)  whether these funds are utilized or could be utilized for the roads having toll  plazas and if so, the details thereof; and

(f)   the criteria adopted for fixing toll charges which are collected by toll plazas?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  the  total  number  of  fee  plazas  operational  on  the  National Highways are at Annexure- A . State Highway is a State Subject.

(b) & (c) No fee plaza has earned/recovered more than the cost incurred on the respective National Highway. In case of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, after completion of the concession period, the user fee is to be collected by Central Government at reduced rates of 40%. In case of a public funded project, the user fee rates are to be reduced to 40% after recovery of capital cost of the project.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 ANSWERED ON 21 st  NOVEMBER, 2019

## TOLL PLAZAS ON NHs

## 905. SHRIMATI  RITI  PATHAK: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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(d)  &  (e)  Cess  on  Petrol  and  High  Speed  Diesel  (HSD)  oil  is  levied  as  per  the  provision  of  the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) Act, 2000 amended by the Finance Act, 2019. The funds  thus  collected  is  inter-alia  also  utilized  for  development  and  maintenance  of  National Highways, other roads, etc., including the NHs having fee plazas.

(f)  User  fee  rates  on  National  Highways  are  fixed  in  accordance  with  National  Highways  Fee (Determination  of  Rates  and  Collection)  Rules,  2008  and  amendment  thereof.  The  copies  of  the rules are available at website of the Ministry at www.morth.nic.in.

## ANNEXURE-A

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 FOR ANSWER ON 21.11.2019 ASKED BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK & SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL REGARDING TOLL PLAZAS ON NHS

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| S. No.   | State                                      |   Number of Fee Plazas |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                             |                     44 |
| 2.       | Bihar                                      |                     19 |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh                               |                     10 |
| 4.       | Delhi &EPE (Eastern Peripheral Expressway) |                     11 |
| 5.       | Gujarat                                    |                     34 |
| 6.       | Haryana                                    |                     18 |
| 7.       | Jammu &Kashmir                             |                     06 |
| 8.       | Jharkhand                                  |                     06 |
| 9.       | Karnataka                                  |                     43 |
| 10.      | Kerala                                     |                     04 |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh                             |                     52 |
| 12.      | Maharashtra                                |                     47 |
| 13.      | North-East                                 |                     06 |
| 14.      | Odisha                                     |                     12 |
| 15.      | Punjab                                     |                     22 |
| 16.      | Rajasthan                                  |                     90 |
| 17.      | Tamil Nadu                                 |                     54 |
| 18.      | Telangana                                  |                     15 |
| 19.      | Uttar Pradesh                              |                     62 |
| 20.      | Uttarakhand                                |                     02 |
| 21.      | West Bengal                                |                     17 |
| TOTAL    |                                            |                    574 |