Toll will increase by 10 percent on Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Ghaziabad-Aligarh Highway from 12 midnight on March 31. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has released the new rate list. About 1 lakh 20 thousand drivers plying daily on both the highways will be affected by the increase in toll. The government will earn an additional Rs 10.95 crore in the first year from the toll rate on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway itself.

Toll increased from 15 to 20 rupees on commercial vehicles

According to the project director of NHAI Ghaziabad, Arvind Kumar, the list of toll rates to be increased on Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been received. It is being pasted at the Kashi toll plaza of Partapur (Meerut), so that the drivers can know in advance. Toll has been increased by Rs 5 on private vehicles and Rs 15 to 20 on commercial vehicles. From Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut, car owners will now have to pay Rs 160 as toll, earlier it was Rs 155.

The charge has increased by this much rupees, according to the toll rates on Delhi-Meerut Expressway, now the new rate has come. Due to which earlier Rs 155 was taken from a light four wheeler, which has now become Rs 160. Along with this, commercial four wheelers used to pay Rs 245 earlier, now they will pay Rs 260. 6 tyra trucks and buses will be given 545 instead of 520. 10 tyra big trucks will now pay Rs 595 instead of Rs 565. 855 will be given instead of 815 rupees for 12 tyra big commercial vehicles. Trola trucks will now be given at Rs 1040 instead of Rs 990.

On the Ghaziabad-Bulandshahr-Aligarh highway too, 10 percent toll tax will be increased from 12 midnight on March 31. There are two toll plazas on NH-91. One is at Luharli in Bulandshahr district and the other at Gabhana in Aligarh district. About 80 thousand vehicles pass through these two toll plazas daily. Till now the toll tax of the car at Luharli toll plaza is Rs 135.

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That is, from next month the toll rates are going to increase by 18 percent. Due to which the cost of commuting between the two cities will increase. According to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), the toll on the expressway increases by 6% every year, but is implemented simultaneously every three years. Earlier on April 1, 2020, the toll was increased. Notification regarding toll hike is issued every three years.

A senior official said that the MSRDC increases the toll on the e-way by 6 per cent every year, but it is implemented simultaneously every three years. According to calculations, the toll will be increased by 18 percent from April 1. Officials have said that the toll has been increased accordingly. According to the report, the toll tax of buses, cars and trucks has increased. Let us know which vehicle will have to pay how much tax…

Know who will have to loose their pockets

From April 1, private vehicle drivers will have to pay Rs 320 as one-way toll on the 95 km long expressway. It is currently Rs 270. Car drivers will have to pay Rs 360 (Rs 320 on the expressway and Rs 40 near Vashi) to travel from Pune to Mumbai’s Fort area. Tempo toll will increase from 420 to 495. 685 instead of 580 for the truck. The bus will now have to pay a toll of Rs 940 instead of Rs 797. Due to increase in toll tax, the fare of taxis and buses on the routes of Mumbai and Pune may also increase. There is a possibility of passing the burden of increased toll tax on the part of bus and taxi drivers.

Know the specialty of this expressway.

India’s first access controlled expressway was completed in 2002. It is a 6 lane expressway. It starts from Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai and ends at Kiwale in Pune. This expressway passes through the beautiful Sahyadri mountain range. There are many tunnels in this 95 kilometer long expressway.

Even though it has the distinction of being the country’s first expressway, it lags behind its peers in terms of speed. While the maximum permitted speed on other expressways is 180 km per hour, the maximum speed on this one is only 100 km per hour. Now the work of widening this road is going to start.

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