Rs 5 to Rs 15 hike at toll plazas across Punjab from April 1

Road users will have to shell out Rs 5 to Rs 15 more at major toll plazas in the region from April 1 at 00:00 hrs as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) revised the user fee rates for collection in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Rates have been revised for more than 50 toll plaza in this region alone.

In the Tricity area, road users will now have to pay more user fee rates at the Azizpur toll plaza on the Zirakpur-Patiala section of NH-07, Dhareri Jattan toll plaza on the Zirakpur-Patiala section (NH-64), Bhagomajra toll plaza at the Kharar-Ludhiana section of NH-5, Ghulal toll plaza at the Chandigarh-Kharar-Ludhiana section of NH5 and Jaloli toll plaza on the Saha-Barwala-Panchkula section of NH-07 and NH-344. The Dappar toll plaza on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway does not fall in this category, hence no change in rates.

At the Azizpur toll plaza, the user fee of truck and bus category has been revised up by Rs 5 for up-down journey on a single day. For car, jeep and van category, the rates remain the same.

NHAI project director Aashim Bansal said, “In Punjab and Haryana, user fee in more than 50 toll plazas has been revised. The revised rates, all across the country, will be applicable from April 1. The rates are revised annually in line with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation under the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008. The rates of BOT (Toll) plazas are revised in September.”

User fee rates are calculated in accordance with National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, for Public Funded fee plazas (EPC/HAM/BOT-Annuity) and the then applicable fee rules and provision of Concession Agreement for BOT (Toll) fee plazas.The NHAI while calculating user fee takes into account factors like highway type, length, structures and bypasses.