Toll Price Update: 50 per cent cut for commercial vehicles

Toll Price Update: The central government has announced a reduction in toll charges by up to 50% for sections of National Highways that include structures such as tunnels, bridges, flyovers, or elevated stretches. This decision brings significant relief to commercial vehicle owners. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to revise the 2008 NH Fee guidelines. It has also issued a notification detailing the new formula for toll calculation.

According to the notification dated July 2, the government will calculate toll fees for highway sections with structures using one of two methods. It will either add ten times the length of the structure(s) to the remaining length of the highway section, excluding the structure. Or, it will calculate five times the total length of the highway section, whichever is lesser. The notification defines “structure” as any bridge, tunnel, flyover, or elevated highway.

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New Toll Charges in India:

If a 40-kilometer section of a national highway consists entirely of structures, authorities calculate the user fee in two ways. They either multiply the structure’s length by 10 (10 × 40 = 400 km) or multiply the total section length by 5 (5 × 40 = 200 km). They then apply the toll to the lesser of the two. In this case, it is 200 kilometers. However, users pay the toll for only 50% of the computed road length.

Currently, on national highways, authorities charge users 10 times the standard toll rate for every kilometer of structure. A senior official from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) explained this. He said the toll structure helps recover the much higher construction costs of building such infrastructure. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways recently issued an update. The official confirmed that this update reduces toll charges by up to 50% on sections with structures like flyovers, underpasses, and tunnels.

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