J&K contributed Rs 1800 Crores in toll collections since inception
Navneet Dubey. Updated: 11/29/2024 2:21:34 AM
Front Page Highest Rs 626.90 crore collected from Banplaza
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has contributed over 1,800 crore in toll collection across several toll plazas since inception with major share from of Ban Toll Plaza contributing 626.9 crores, while around Rs 13, 812 Crore have been incurred by NHAI for various sections of national highways in the union territory.
The figures were shared in a written reply Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Jairam Gadkari informed in Lok Sabha on Thursday on a query by MP Asaduddin Owaisi. The Bann Toll Plaza on NH44 has recorded the highest toll collection in the region, amounting to Rs 626.90 crore, while Lakhanpur National Highway (NH44), which serves as the main entry point into Jammu and Kashmir, has contributed Rs 348.05 crore in toll revenue, the minister said.
Other toll plazas which contributed include: the Mada-Nashri Toll Plaza on the Udhampur-Ramban section of NH44 collected Rs 270.98 crore, while the Lamber &Ujroo Toll Plaza generated Rs 227.85 crore. The Kaichachkoot User Fee Plaza collected Rs 328.86 crore in toll revenue.
The Union Minister further said that the collection of user fees will begin within 45 days from the completion of each section of the national highways. For private investment projects, user fee collection will be carried out in accordance with agreements made with the concessionaire, he said. The toll fees are collected as per the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008, and their amendments.
In response to other part of question, Gadkari provided details about the construction costs of key national highways in Jammu and Kashmir. The total construction cost for these highways has reached Rs 13,813.42 crore.
He said the Pathankot-Jammu (NH44) section was constructed at a cost of Rs 895.75 crore; the Kunjwani to Jakhain section of NH44 was built at a cost of Rs 2,086.67 crore; the Udhampur-Ramban-Maroog section of NH44 was constructed at Rs 7,782 crore; the Banihal-Quazigund section cost Rs 1,947 crore; and the Srinagar to Qazigund section had a construction cost of Rs 1,101 crore.
Updated On 11/29/2024 2:36:38 AM