GOVERNMENT PLANS ANNUAL AND LIFE-TIME TOLL PASSES FOR PVT CARS PLYING ON NHS

The highways ministry is working on a plan to issue annual and ‘life-time’ passes for private cars to allow them unlimited travel across the NH network by making a one time lump sum payment for tolls, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. At present, while private cars constitute about 60% of the traffic on NHs, the share of toll revenue from these vehicles is barely 20-26%.

Speaking at a workshop on ‘Barrierless Tolling in India’, Gadkari said, “We get less revenue from private vehicles. Nearly 74% of toll revenue comes from commercial vehicles. So, now we are considering the introduction of a scheme of yearly passes so that they don’t face any problem. We will have no loss, but people will get huge relief.”

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