(a) whether the Government are considering to collect toll tax on 4 lane roads in the country;
(b) the names and details of the States which are already collecting toll tax on 4 lane roads;
(c) whether the Government are considering to go into a contract with some private company to collect toll tax on 4 lane roads; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.) B. C. KHANDURI)
(a) Yes Sir, Government has decided to levy user fee on 4-lane sections of National Highways.
(b) Presently, user fee on 4-lane National Highway sections is being collected in 13 States as per details annexed.
(c) & (d) In case of public funded project, fee collection is permitted departmentally or through private contractors on the basis of competitive bidding. In case of Built, Operate and Transfer (BOT) projects, operator is allowed to collect and retain the fee for a specified period.
ANNEX
ANNEX REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.280 FOR ANSWER ON 20.11.2002 ASKED BY SHRI BHAL CHANDRA YADAV REGARDING TOLL TAX ON 4-LANE ROADS
S.No. NH Details Length in Km. States covered by the reach
1 1 Panipat-Ambala 110.00 HARYANA 2 1 Ambala-Khanna 66.00 HARYANA &PUNJAB 3 1 Khanna-Jallandhar 100.00 PUNJAB 4 2 Badarpur- Kosi 90.0 DELHI, HARYANA & UTTAR PRADESH 5 2 Kosi- Agra 90.1 UTTAR PRADESH 6 2 Barwa-Adda- Panagarh 113.65 JHARKHAND & WEST BENGAL 7 3 Thane-Bhiwandi Bypass 24 MAHARASHTRA 8 3 Indore-Dewas Bypass 17.29 MADHYA PRADESH 9 5 Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Jagatpur 27.80 ORISSA 10 5 Eluru Bypass 17.369 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 5 Vijaywada-Visakhapatnam 40.712 ANDHRA PRADESH 12 8 Gurgaon-Kotputli 125.87 HARYANA & RAJASTHAN 13 8 Kotputli-Amer 85.5 RAJASTHAN 14 8 Bharuch-Surat 65.00 GUJARAT 15 8 Vadodara-Bharuch 83.00 GUJARAT 16 24 Ghaziabad-Hapur Section & 32.245 UTTAR PRADESH Hapur Bypass
Total 1088.536