Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has implemented a new toll policy in the country. Under this, any person can travel throughout the year by making a toll pass of Rs 3,000 annually.
The government has said that 200 trips can be made in a year through the pass made under the new toll policy. In this context, the cost of a trip will be only Rs 15. If we compare this rate with the current toll rates, then a one-way trip from Delhi to Jaipur will cost only Rs 45, which currently costs around Rs 370.
Under the new toll policy, 200 trips can be made through the annual pass. But, before knowing your savings, you have to understand what this trip means. In fact, in the new policy, it is clearly stated that one trip will mean crossing the toll once. If you are going from Delhi to Jaipur, you will have to cross 3 toll plazas on the way. Thus, it will be said that you have completed 3 trips. Now if you come back, you will cross the same 3 toll plazas and it will be considered as 3 trips again. Under normal circumstances, you would say that a trip will be considered complete by going from Delhi to Jaipur and returning from Jaipur to Delhi. But, in the new toll policy, it will be considered as 6 trips, because you have crossed the toll 6 times while going and returning.
How much toll tax is charged from Delhi to Jaipur now?
If you travel from Delhi to Jaipur frequently, the new toll policy will save you thousands of rupees. Think of it this way, if you travel from Delhi to Jaipur via National Highway 48, you will have to cross three toll plazas. The first is Daulatpura Toll, the second is Manoharpur Toll and the third is Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza. Currently, you have to pay a total toll tax of Rs 370 at these three plazas.
How much money will be saved on each trip with the new policy?
As you already know, currently a total toll tax of Rs 370 has to be paid from Delhi to Jaipur. However, after the new toll policy comes in, this cost will come down to just Rs 45. This is because in the new policy, Rs 3,000 will have to be paid for 200 trips, whereas one trip i.e. a toll costs only Rs 15. Thus, only Rs 45 will be spent for 3 toll plazas between Delhi and Jaipur. This cost will be for one way.
How much money will you save in a year…
To know how much money you will save in a year with the new toll policy, first of all, you have to divide 200 trips into 3 parts. In this way, you can travel from Delhi to Jaipur or from Jaipur to Delhi about 67 times in a year. Currently, the cost of a single trip is Rs 370, so in 67 trips, you will have to spend about Rs 24,790 as per the current rate. But, under the new policy, your cost for a one-way trip will be only Rs 45, accordingly, the total cost of traveling 67 times in a year will be Rs 3,015. In this way, you will save Rs 21,775 in a year in traveling from Delhi to Jaipur.
How much savings from Delhi to Lucknow…
Although there is no NHAI expressway from Delhi to Lucknow, if it is implemented on private expressways, it will be very beneficial. For example, currently one has to cross two major expressways while travelling from Delhi to Lucknow. The first is the Yamuna Expressway which has three toll plazas, Jewar Toll Plaza (near Noida), Mathura Toll Plaza (near Mathura), Agra Toll Plaza (near Agra). The second expressway is the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, on which toll is deducted only once till Lucknow. It costs around Rs 1,200 to cross these four tolls. In the new toll policy, it will be considered as only 4 trips and at a rate of Rs 15, the cost will be Rs 60. This means that instead of Rs. 1,200, you spend only Rs. 60 and save Rs. 1,140 in one trip.
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