Indian gov’t generates over Rs 4,500 crore revenue from toll plazas in FY16

NEW DELHI: The government has generated more than Rs 4,595 crore as revenue from 348 toll plazas across the country till November 15 of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed today.

Fee is levied and collected on small stretches of national highways (NHs), Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways P Radhakrishnan said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.

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The Minister also informed the House that toll could not be collected at three plazas in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala due to public resistance.

As per the data presented by Radhakrishnan in the House, the government collected Rs 4,595.20 crore as revenue through toll plazas till November 15, 2015.

In the previous financial year, ended March 2015, revenue collection stood at Rs 5,926.33 crore, whereas in 2013-14, it was Rs 5,245.54 crore, the data showed.

The government has set up tolls at 348 stretches across the country, as of November 30, 2015, to collect fees.