Karnataka plans to develop 250 toll roads
May 26th, 2009The Hindu:
Bangalore (PTI): Karnataka Government on Friday decided to develop more than 250 state highways and major district roads with private participation and levy toll on road users.
The state cabinet, which met here, fixed toll rates for the four-lane and two-lane roads for various category of motor vehicles, Minister for Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Shobha Karandlaje told reporters here.
The basic toll rate per kilometre on a four-lane road for cars, jeeps, light motor vehicles, vans would be 65 paise and on two-lane roads it would be fifty paise, she said.
Mini-buses and mini goods vehicles will have to pay Rs 1.05 per km for using four-lane road and 75 paise for two-lane.
The toll would be Rs 2.20 for buses and trucks on four-lane road and Re 1.50 on two-lane road, she said adding that heavy construction machinery vehicles would be charged Rs 3.45 per km on four-lane road and Rs 2.25 on two-lane roads.
Toll will be collected on roads where more than 10,000 vehicles ply, she said.
However, toll will not be collected on existing roads, Karandlaje said.