Disputed stretches make implementation of toll collection between Delhi-Mumbai difficult

July 15, 2014

MAMUNI DAS

NEW DELHI,

The ongoing disputes over highway stretches, such as Kishangarh-Ahmedabad and Gurgaon-Jaipur, has made it “challenging” for the Highway Ministry and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to implement common electronic toll collection (ETC) system on the Delhi-Mumbai highway stretch.

The Ministry is trying to put in place an electronic toll collection system in the Delhi-Mumbai toll road by mid-August. This will ensure that with an electronic tag attached on vehicles, drivers can zoom across national highways with automatic, electronic toll payment without having to stop and pay cash at toll booths.

It will also allow people to use a common card to drive between Delhi and Mumbai by paying tolls on some 30-35 toll plazas located on the stretch. The electronic toll system is already operational on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad stretch.

The national highway between Kishangarh and Ahmedabad is a disputed stretch. The project was bagged by GMR for six-laning and the company had stated its intent to exit the project unless the Government extended some benefits. This stretch lies on the Delhi-Mumbai NH route.

For all seven toll plazas on Kishangarh-Ahmedabad stretch, NHAI is implementing the electronic toll collection on a public-funded basis. “Tecsidel, a Spanish firm is installing ETC systems on 20 public toll plazas of NHAI,” said a source in the know.

Explaining the preparedness of Delhi-Mumbai national highway for the project, an official said, “The Delhi-Gurgaon stretch has an ETC system based on older technology. It has been taken over by IDFC and the developer is installing the project now.”

Then, there is the Gurgaon-Jaipur expressway, being implemented jointly by KMC Constructions and ETA, which is disputed as the developer is short of funds and there are plans of NHAI stepping in to complete the project.

Finally, there is the Ahmedabad-Mumbai stretch, in which 10 out of 11 toll plazas are already connected on the ETC system.

About 15,506 km of highways were being tolled as of March 31, 2014. There are 374 toll plazas, of which 210 were public-funded roads.

(This article was published on July 14, 2014)

Source-http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/

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