Delhi: Big and important news related to toll tax is coming out. Let us tell you that there is going to be a big change in toll tax from April 1. Toll charges will increase from April 1. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a notification regarding this. Let us tell you that an increase of up to five percent in toll tax has been announced. Traveling on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Eastern Peripheral and Delhi-Meerut Expressway will become expensive from April 1. This will have a direct impact on people’s pockets. These also include many toll roads of UP and Bihar.
The UP government has also revised the toll rates for heavy vehicles plying on its three expressways. In this, toll rates for bikes, three-wheelers, tractors, cars, buses and trucks have been kept the same. There has been no increase in these. UPEDA has released these new rates. These rates will be implemented from April 1. Under this, toll tax on heavy and large vehicles has been increased. This decision can provide relief to the general public as they will not have to pay toll at any increased rate.
In view of the Lok Sabha elections, the government did not increase the rates in many categories. Toll tax charges have been increased only on heavy construction machinery vehicles and large vehicles (having seven or more axles). In these, for heavy construction work machine vehicles on Agra Expressway, now instead of Rs 3170, toll will have to be Rs 3185.
On Purvanchal Expressway, instead of Rs 3365, you will have to pay Rs 3380 and on Bundelkhand Expressway, you will have to pay Rs 3920 instead of Rs 3895. Similarly, for large size vehicles with seven or more axles, they will have to pay Rs 4095 instead of Rs 4070 on Agra Lucknow Expressway, Rs 4330 instead of Rs 4305 on Purvanchal Expressway and Rs 3920 instead of Rs 3895 on Bundelkhand Expressway.
Know the new rate of toll tax:
-Two Wheeler, Three Wheeler 330-330 345-345 310-310
-Car, jeep van or light motor vehicle 655- 655 685-685 620-620
-Heavy Construction Machinery 3170-3185 3365-3380 3040 -3050
-Large size vehicles seven or more 4070 -4095 4305- 4330 3895- 3920
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Toll charge will increase on Delhi Meerut Expressway
Let us tell you that people traveling on Delhi Meerut Expressway will have to pay 5 percent more toll from April 1. Tolls change in a similar manner at the beginning of every financial year. Here let us tell you that if you come from Sarai Kale Khan to Dasna by DME, no toll has to be paid but as soon as you move from Dasna towards Meerut, the toll meter starts.
Till now, people traveling by car from Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut have to pay toll tax of Rs 160. Now it will increase to 165 from April 1. While going from Delhi to Meerut, now you will have to pay a toll of Rs 140 on landing at Bhojpur and Rs 110 on landing at Rasulpur Sikor.
Toll tax has been increased according to the axle of the bus truck, while the monthly pass at Chhijarsi toll plaza will now cost Rs 340 instead of Rs 330. People going towards Hapur from NH-9 will be charged Rs 170 instead of Rs 165 at Chhijarasi toll. Apart from this, toll on other tolls other than Eastern Peripheral Expressway will also be increased by five percent from April 1.
Increased tax will have to be paid at Luharli toll plaza
Those going from Ghaziabad towards Aligarh will have to pay increased toll tax at Luharli toll plaza of NH 91. According to the guidelines of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), new toll tax rates will be implemented from April 1.
