User fee revised, hiked on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway
1 year, 9 months ago

User fee revised, hiked on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Commuters unhappy over the National Highways Authority of India decision to revise and hike the user fee on newly constructed Bengaluru-Mysuru Express barely a fortnight after the start collection of user fee. The collection of user fee on Bengaluru-Mysuru Express from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta section began on March 14 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the upgraded Highway in Mandya district on March 12. Reacting to the hike in user-fee, Mysuru-Kodagu Member of Parliament Pratap Simha said from March 14 onwards user fee Bengaluru- Nidaghatta was collected and now it has been revised from Rs 135 to Rs 165. Pratap Simha stated to have made an appeal to put on hold the hike in user fee and do rethink on collection of user fee once service roads are ready for use.

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Highway toll collection doubled in last five years: Transport minister Gadkari
1 month ago

Highway toll collection doubled in last five years: Transport minister Gadkari

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Toll collection in India has doubled in the last five years. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the National Highways Authority of India collected Rs 56,882 crore as highway user fee at toll plazas in the financial year 2023-24. Responding to queries pertaining to the annual revenue generated through toll collection in Rajya Sabha, Union …

Upward Revision of Toll Plaza Fee Comes into Effect from Today
7 months ago

Upward Revision of Toll Plaza Fee Comes into Effect from Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: With the completion of the seven-phase polls, the National Highways Authority of India has revised the toll plazas’ fee ranging from 3 to 5 per cent on an average with effect from midnight -- at start of June 3 -- across the country. Though the revision of toll plaza fee is an annual exercise done from April 1 to …

NHAI hikes toll tax across highways by 5 per cent from June 3
7 months, 1 week ago

NHAI hikes toll tax across highways by 5 per cent from June 3

India TV News  

Motorists using expressways will have to shell out more from Monday as the National Highways Authority of India has decided to hike tolls across the country by an average of 5 per cent. The annual revision of highway user fee, which is expected to be in the range of average 5 per cent, was earlier to come into effect on …

Bengaluru airport reverses controversial fee structure for vehicles entering premises after public backlash: Report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru airport reverses controversial fee structure for vehicles entering premises after public backlash: Report

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport recently caused a stir with its proposed fee restructuring, requiring private and commercial vehicles to shell out cash for accessing airport premises. This backtrack occurred mere hours after the initial announcement that travel to and from the airport would incur additional expenses starting from Monday. The intended implementation of this new fee structure was slated for …

New toll rates on highways to be effective only after Lok Sabha election
9 months, 1 week ago

New toll rates on highways to be effective only after Lok Sabha election

The Hindu  

The Election Commission has asked State-owned NHAI to go ahead with the calculation of new toll rates on highways, which kicks in annually from April 1 across most of the tolled highway stretches in the country, but said the new user fees should be applicable only after the Lok Sabha elections. Eleventh hour decision Meanwhile, National Highways Builders Federation, an …

NHAI increases toll rates on key highways in Karnataka, including Bengaluru-Mysuru
9 months, 1 week ago

NHAI increases toll rates on key highways in Karnataka, including Bengaluru-Mysuru

The Hindu  

Starting April 1, as part of its annual revision, the National Highways Authority of India has raised toll rates on the access-controlled Bengaluru-Mysuru and Bengaluru-Hyderabad highways, and on the Hoskote-Devanahalli section of the Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road. Light commercial vehicles, light goods vehicles, and minibuses will now pay ₹275 for a single journey and ₹415 for a return journey, …

Tamil Nadu: Get ready to pay up to Rs 30 more at 42 toll plazas soon
9 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu: Get ready to pay up to Rs 30 more at 42 toll plazas soon

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Even as the ruling DMK and the AIADMK have promised to remove toll plazas on the highways in their respective election manifestos for the general elections, the toll fees are set to be hiked at 42 toll plazas -- 34 maintained by the National Highway Authority of India and the rest by state highways operators -- across the state …

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him

Hindustan Times  

In a crackdown of traffic fine defaulters, Bengaluru police caught a man with pending fines of ₹49,100. Bengaluru man pays pending traffic fine of ₹ 49,100, cops post a pic with him In an announcement, the Deputy Commissioner of Police for traffic said, “For Traffic Violations, Today we collected 49,100/- rs fine full amount from the owner of the KA50-S-3579 …

Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway toll hiked by 22%; Check new rates - Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway toll hiked by 22%; Check new rates - Report

Hindustan Times  

Commuters using the recently-inaugurated Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway are in for bad news as the National Highways Authority of India has decided to hike the toll fees on the completed stretch from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta by 22 to 23 per cent, The Times of India reported. READ | KSRTC hikes bus fares from Bengaluru to Mysuru: Report The toll fees will be …

Within a month of its inauguration, toll charges up on Bengaluru–Mysuru expressway; motorists upset
1 year, 9 months ago

Within a month of its inauguration, toll charges up on Bengaluru–Mysuru expressway; motorists upset

The Hindu  

Within a month of its inauguration, motorists using the Bengaluru - Mysuru expressway will have to shell out more as toll charges are set to increase from Saturday in accordance with the National Highways Authority of India’s decision to increase toll charges on all highways. With even the NHAI’s first announcement to collect toll on the expressway attracting backlash from …

KSRTC to collect user-free from passengers
1 year, 9 months ago

KSRTC to collect user-free from passengers

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: For commuting in buses belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation on newly constructed Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275, passengers will have to pay user fee after KSRTC officials have decided to levy a user fee. The officials concerned of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will levy a user fee on passengers in its Karnataka Sarige, Rajahamsa and multi axle buses …

KSRTC hikes bus fares from Bengaluru to Mysuru: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

KSRTC hikes bus fares from Bengaluru to Mysuru: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Karnataka's inter-state bus service, on Wednesday decided to hike bus fares on its Bengaluru to Mysuru routes after toll collection began at the newly inaugurated Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. READ | Cong protests against toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, several detained The National Highways Authority of India began collecting toll for the Bengaluru to Nidaghatta section …

Motorists fume over toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway
1 year, 9 months ago

Motorists fume over toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: On day one of the toll collection on upgraded Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275 witnessed noisy scenes at the toll plaza at Sheshagirihalli of Ramanagara district. The motorists expressed displeasure over the toll collection stating that the fee fixed to pass on the six-lane road of the Highway was “bit too high” for them to afford. Earlier, the toll collection on …

Cong protests against toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, several detained
1 year, 9 months ago

Cong protests against toll collection on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, several detained

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Congress along with some pro-Kannada groups on Tuesday staged a protest claiming that the toll charged for two-wheelers on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway is very high, after which several of them were detained by police. READ | The ambitious 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway | In Pics "Those protesting against the toll are absolutely right. Toll collection begins today The National …

Toll of ₹135 fixed for cars from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta on Mysuru expressway
1 year, 10 months ago

Toll of ₹135 fixed for cars from Bengaluru to Nidaghatta on Mysuru expressway

The Hindu  

The National Highways of Authority of India will start collecting the toll on the newly built Bengaluru–Mysuru expressway from Tuesday. The NHAI, after holding a meeting with Ramanagara district administration, has decided to collect the toll from 8 a.m. on Tuesday. However, as the district administration said that the number of vehicles returning to Bengaluru after the weekend would be …

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