The Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways,  Shipping and C&F Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya while answering a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that aas per the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, the desirable distance between two fee plazas on same section of National Highway and in same direction is 60 km. However, based on the site specific constraints, the executing authority may relax this criterion for reasons to be recorded in writing as provided in Rule 8.

He said that the fee plazas have been established keeping in view the project requirement and in accordance with NH Fee Rules 2008. He added that at present, there are 460 no. of fee plazas on National Highways (NHs) across the country and of these, 102 have been established on NHs since April, 2015. He informed the house that a revenue of ₹ 6725.72 Crore and ₹ 6923.95 Crore has been generated by the NHAI during the financial year 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.

 

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