570 fee plazas operational on National Highways across country : Gadkari

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New Delhi : As on October 31, 2019, altogether 570 fee plazas are operational on the National Highways across the country. The amount of user fee collected from fee plazas of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Financial Year (FY) 2018-19 was Rs 24,396.19 crore with an average monthly and per day collection of Rs 2,033 crore and Rs 66.84 crore respectively. In addition to this, an upfront amount of Rs 9,681.50 crore was received from Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) Concession in FY 2018-19.

As on October 31, 2019, 54 user fee plazas on National Highways are operational in the state of Tamil Nadu. The amount of user fee on National Highways collected in the state of Tamil Nadu in FY 2018-19 is Rs 2,549.12 crore with an average monthly and per day collection of Rs 212.42 crore and Rs 6.98 crore respectively.

In case of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, after completion of the concession period, the user fee is to be collected by Central Government at reduced rates of 40%. In case of a public funded project, the user fee rates are to be reduced to 40% after recovery of capital cost of the project.

This information was given by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on December 5, 2019, according to a PIB release.