Lok Sabha Question No. 1992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Removal of Toll Tax
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

- (a) No, Madam.
- (b) to (d) DND flyover and Yamuna Expressway are outside the purview of this Ministry as they are State  Roads  and  are  not  part  of  National  Highways.  However,  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and Highways has issued notifications for discontinuation of fee collection at 15 Fee Plazas on National Highways in the state of Uttar Pradesh during the last two years. The details are as follows:

|   S. No. | National Highway (NH)   | Project Stretch                                                             |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | NH-232                  | Benda Ghat Fee Plaza at Km. 254.000.                                        |
|        2 | NH-28C                  | Sanjay Setu at Km 35-36 i.e. Barabanki - Nanpara- Rupaidiah Section.        |
|        3 | NH-24                   | Shahjahanpur Fee Plaza at Km. 325.00 in the section at Garrah River Bridge. |
|        4 | NH-7                    | Khajuri Setu at km 70.00.                                                   |
|        5 | NH-56                   | Sai Bridge at Km. 238/239.                                                  |
|        6 | NH-96                   | Chandra Shekhar Azad Setu at km 148-149.                                    |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  JULY, 2016

## REMOVAL OF TOLL TAX

## 1992.  SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS be pleased to state:

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- (a)  whether  the  Government proposes to stop toll collection from all the National Highways in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government of Uttar Pradesh has requested for removal of toll from DND flyover and Yamuna Expressway;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the State Government has stopped toll collection from 44 toll booths in the State, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

|   7. | NH-76E   | Tons (Katka Setu) at km 430.                                  |
|------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|    8 | NH-73    | Bridge over Yamuna River at Km. 71.                           |
|    9 | NH-119   | Bridge over Ganga River at Km. 71.                            |
|   10 | NH-76    | Ken River Barrier at km 211 (Banda City).                     |
|   11 | NH-96    | Pipri Setu (Tamsa River) at Km 15.00 (New Ch. Km. 128).       |
|   12 | NH-75E   | Kanher Setu at Km. 289.                                       |
|   13 | NH-19    | Manjhi Ghat (Jaiprabha Setu) over Ghagra river at km 128/129. |
|   14 | NH-75E   | Rehand Setu at Km 243.                                        |
|   15 | NH-97    | Veer Abdul Hammed Setu over Ganga River at Km 4-5.            |

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