Govt to infuse another Rs 15 lakh crore in highways sector in 5 years: Gadkari

23 Dec 2019 Evaluate

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that the government will infuse another Rs 15 lakh crore in highways sector alone in this five-year term to provide world-class roads including 22 green expressways. He said the government has spent Rs 17 lakh crore in the highways and shipping sectors combined in the last five years.

The minister said with e-tolling coming into force, the toll income alone will cross Rs 8,000 crore per annum as ever since the FASTag system has been made mandatory at national highways, toll income has seen a jump of Rs 25 crore per day. He noted that a total of 10 million FASTags have been issued till mid-December ever since the government made FASTags mandatory to facilitate digital payments to ensure hassle-free movement across 523 toll plazas. Some relaxation has been given on booths for the time being. He added that ever since the FASTag system has been introduced, it has resulted in an increase of Rs 25 crore in toll income per day, which is expected to go up.

Gadkari further said that roads and highways are the lifeline of the economy, connecting remote and far-flung areas and ensuring efficient transportation on regional as well as pan-India basis and added that development of national highways has a multiplier effect in terms of facilitating trade and enhancing the overall economic development of a region. On TOT (toll, operate, transfer), he said NHAI has identified more operational national highway stretches under nine more TOT bundles.

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