Toll Charges: Toll has been increased by Rs 5 on private vehicles and Rs 15 to 20 on commercial vehicles. From Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut, car owners will now have to pay Rs 160 as toll, earlier it was Rs 155.
Toll Rate New List: If you also travel by your car, then this news is useful for you. Traveling on two major highways of western Uttar Pradesh is going to be expensive soon. Toll will increase by 10 percent on Delhi-Meerut Expressway and Ghaziabad-Aligarh Highway from 12 midnight on March 31.
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has released the new rate list. About 1 lakh 20 thousand drivers plying daily on both the highways will be affected by the increase in toll. The government will earn an additional Rs 10.95 crore in the first year from the toll rate on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway itself.
Toll increased from 15 to 20 rupees on commercial vehicles
According to the project director of NHAI Ghaziabad, Arvind Kumar, the list of toll rates to be increased on Delhi-Meerut Expressway has been received. It is being pasted at the Kashi toll plaza of Partapur (Meerut), so that the drivers can know in advance. Toll has been increased by Rs 5 on private vehicles and Rs 15 to 20 on commercial vehicles. From Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut, car owners will now have to pay Rs 160 as toll, earlier it was Rs 155.
The charge has increased by this much rupees,
According to the toll rates on Delhi-Meerut Expressway, now the new rate has come. Due to which earlier Rs 155 was taken from a light four wheeler, which has now become Rs 160. Along with this, commercial four wheelers used to pay Rs 245 earlier, now they will pay Rs 260. 6 tyra trucks and buses will be given 545 instead of 520. 10 tyra big trucks will now pay Rs 595 instead of Rs 565. 855 will be given instead of 815 rupees for 12 tyra big commercial vehicles. Trola trucks will now be given at Rs 1040 instead of Rs 990.
On the Ghaziabad-Bulandshahr-Aligarh highway too, 10 percent toll tax will be increased from 12 midnight on March 31. There are two toll plazas on NH-91. One is at Luharli in Bulandshahr district and the other at Gabhana in Aligarh district. About 80 thousand vehicles pass through these two toll plazas daily. Till now the toll tax of the car at Luharli toll plaza is Rs 135.
