With an appointed date of january 12, 2003, Rs 2,727.50 crore has been collected as a user fee and Rs 2,489.45 crore has been spent on the Delhi-Gurgaon section.
 
According to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, up to Rs 11,945 crore has been collected in toll taxes from cars traveling on National Highway 48, which connects jaipur and Delhi.  Hanuman Beniwal, the lok sabha mp from Nagaur, rajasthan, asked a parliamentary question to which the Ministry was replying.
 
Beniwal had inquired as to whether the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway's toll revenue was appreciably greater than the cost of construction.
 
He had stated that if so, the Ministry ought to disclose "the details of toll tax collected and the construction cost of the said highway; whether despite maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh having more NHs than rajasthan, the toll tax collection in rajasthan is higher than in these two states and if so, the reasons therefore; and whether the government is aware that despite toll tax collection, several NHs in rajasthan are in a deteriorated condition and if so, the justification for toll tax collection on such roads".
 
Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari responded by stating that Rs 9,218.30 crore had been collected as user fees on the Gurgaon-Kotputli-Jaipur section, with the project's appointed date being april 3, 2009, while Rs 6,430 crore had been spent on the project.

With an appointed date of january 12, 2003, Rs 2,727.50 crore has been collected as a user fee and Rs 2,489.45 crore has been spent on the Delhi-Gurgaon section.
 
This raises the total amount of user fees received on the Jaipur-Delhi route to Rs 11,945.80 crore, while the road developments have cost Rs 8,919.45 crore.
 
According to the Ministry, maintenance and other ongoing expenses are included in the building cost.  It did state that "User fee collected over the period from the commencement of collection is not discounted and thus not comparable to the construction cost."

In the fiscal year 2023–24, rajasthan earned Rs 5,885.03 crore in user fees for National Highways, which is higher than Maharashtra's Rs 5,352.53 crore but less than Uttar Pradesh's Rs 6,695.40 crore.
 
In response to the government's response, Beniwal stated, "National highways are still in bad condition even if toll revenue exceeds the cost of building new roads.  Why should travelers pay a toll when the supreme court has previously declared that the roads are poor? And why should the repercussions fall on the average person?  However, because tolls are continuously collected from the people despite the terrible state of the roadways, the supreme Court's comments have had little effect on the administration.  The indirect toll collection method has to be reexamined by the government.

According to the Ministry, "The NH Fee Rules, which establish a base rate per kilometer of NH length adjusted to the wholesale price index, govern the collection of user fees on National Highways.  Additionally, the volume of traffic on a highway, the type of corridor (industrial center, etc.), the type of vehicle (multi-axle, etc.), the highway's connectivity with major cities, etc., all influence how much user fee money is collected.
 
 
 
 

 
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SIBY JEYYA

22/03/2025 08:06 AM