Lok Sabha Question No. 2419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Toll Plazas
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  regarding  the  increase  in  toll  prices  on  the  National Highways (NHs) in the country during the last ten years;
- (b)  the  number  of  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  Toll plazas in the country, State-wise especially in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the number of NHAI toll plazas established in Tamil Nadu during the last ten years; and
- (d)  the  reasons  for  having  such  a  large  number  of  toll  plazas  on  the National Highways in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  User  fee  rates  are  revised  annually  linked  to  the  wholesale  price index  in  accordance  with  National  Highways  Fee  (Determination  of Rates  and  Collection)  Rules,  2008,  for  Public  Funded  fee  plazas  and applicable fee rules at the time of Concession Agreement  for Concessionaire fee plazas.

Further, user fee rates also increases as and when the tolling length is increased at respective fee plaza.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2419

ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2025

## TOLL PLAZAS

2419. SMT. KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(b) The details of state-wise user fee plazas on National Highways are at Annexure. Further, as on 28 th  February, 2025, there are a total of 78 user fee plazas operational in the state of Tamil Nadu. (c) A total of 31 user fee plazas have been established in the state of Tamil Nadu over the past ten years. (d) User-fee Plazas on National Highways are established based on the length of each project package, minimum diversion of traffic, availability of land for construction  of Plaza  building  and  other amenities, distance from the Municipal limits, provisions of the NH Fee Rules  2008,  etc.  However,  user  fee  is  collected  at  the  Fee  Plaza depending on the project influence length of respective fee plaza, and not on its specific location within the project influence length. The  fee  plazas  in  the  state  of  Tamil  Nadu  are  also  established following the NH Fee Rules, 2008 and respective contract/ concession agreement.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2419 FOR ANSWER ON 13.03.2025 ASKED BY SMT. KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI REGARDING TOLL PLAZAS.

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The  state-wise  details  of  user  fee  plazas  operational  on  National Highways:

| Name of the State                                        |   Total No. of user fee plazas as on 28.02.2025 |
|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (RO Vijayawada)                           |                                              72 |
| Bihar (RO Patna)                                         |                                              39 |
| Chhattisgarh (RO Raipur)                                 |                                              22 |
| Delhi & EPE (RO Delhi)                                   |                                              60 |
| Gujarat (RO Gandhinagar)                                 |                                              55 |
| Haryana (RO Chandigarh)                                  |                                              44 |
| Punjab (RO Chandigarh)                                   |                                              39 |
| Jammu & Kashmir (RO Jammu)                               |                                               6 |
| Jharkhand (RO Ranchi)                                    |                                              19 |
| Karnataka (RO Bangalore)                                 |                                              58 |
| Kerala (RO Thiruvanantpuram)                             |                                               9 |
| Madhya Pradesh (RO Jabalpur & RO Bhopal)                 |                                              90 |
| Maharashtra (RO Mumbai & RO Nagpur)                      |                                              89 |
| North-East (RO Guwahati)                                 |                                              14 |
| Odisha (RO Bhubaneswar)                                  |                                              31 |
| Rajasthan (RO Jaipur)                                    |                                             156 |
| Tamil Nadu (RO Chennai & RO Madurai)                     |                                              78 |
| Telangana (RO Hyderabad)                                 |                                              36 |
| Uttar Pradesh (RO UP East-Varanasi & RO UP West-Lucknow) |                                              97 |
| West Bengal (RO Kolkata)                                 |                                              32 |
| Uttrakhand (RO Dehradoon)                                |                                              12 |
| Himachal Pradesh (RO Shimla)                             |                                               5 |
| Grand Total                                              |                                            1063 |

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