The Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Sunday started toll assortment on the Dwarka Expressway and began charging commuters on the newly operational Bijwasan toll plaza from 8am, officers mentioned.
Based on NHAI officers, automotive customers must pay ₹220 for a one-way journey by means of the Bijwasan toll plaza, whereas the price for a return journey will likely be ₹330. A month-to-month move for 50 journeys will price ₹7,360. The authority has additionally launched a particular native month-to-month move for ₹340 for residents dwelling inside 20 kilometres of each the Bijwasan and Kherki Daula toll plazas. “To make sure that locals don’t need to pay an excessive amount of toll, it has been determined to introduce a month-to-month move for autos for folks dwelling inside 20 kilometres of each Kherki Daula and Bijwasan toll plaza. The car house owners should purchase this month-to-month move for ₹340 per 30 days for limitless journeys, whereas the annual freeway move may even work on the toll plaza,” mentioned a senior NHAI official.
On the Kherki Daula toll plaza, mild industrial autos will now be charged ₹155 per journey, whereas vehicles and buses must pay ₹330 for a single journey. For 3-axle industrial autos, the toll has been set at ₹515 per journey.
On the newly operational Bijwasan toll plaza on the Dwarka Expressway, the charges are increased. Mild industrial autos will likely be charged ₹355 per journey, vehicles and buses ₹745, and three-axle industrial autos ₹815 for every journey.
Officers added that the usage of FASTags is necessary for all autos at each toll plazas.
The official added that the annual freeway move priced at ₹3,000 will likely be legitimate on the Bijwasan toll plaza. The brand new facility, situated on the Delhi-Gurugram border, divides the Dwarka Expressway into two segments — 19 kilometres on the Gurugram facet and 10 kilometres on the Delhi facet.
NHAI officers mentioned that round 90,000 passenger automotive models (PCU) move by means of the Bijwasan toll plaza every day. They anticipate this quantity to rise within the coming days with the connection to the City Extension Highway (UER) 2 now operational. “An increasing number of commuters are utilizing this street to journey to Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal and Chandigarh,” the official mentioned.
For autos utilizing the Kherki Daula toll plaza, NHAI has additionally revised charges. The toll for particular person vehicles has elevated from ₹80 per journey to ₹95 per journey. The newly launched rounded-off return journey price is ₹145. The month-to-month move for 50 journeys has been mounted at ₹3,240, whereas residents dwelling inside 20 kilometres of the toll plaza may even be eligible for the ₹340 native month-to-month move.
To acquire the month-to-month move, car house owners are required to submit a duplicate of the registration certificates (RC) of the car, a duplicate of their Aadhaar card, and a printed {photograph} of the car proprietor with the automotive. “The car house owners can get the month-to-month move inside 20 to half-hour from the toll plaza constructing at Bijwasan,” mentioned the senior official.
NHAI clarified that autos crossing the Bijwasan toll plaza from Delhi won’t be charged once more at Kherki Daula in the identical route, to keep away from double tolling. Equally, autos coming into through Kherki Daula pays the preliminary toll there, and the remaining toll will likely be collected at Bijwasan. “Within the preliminary few days there will likely be some teething points because the toll assortment system learns concerning the operations. Nonetheless, issues will change into clean within the subsequent 10 to fifteen days,” the official added.
