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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Toll Booth Removal: Delhi to Eliminate Physical Toll Booths at Borders with New Tech Implementation, ET Infra
Advt Advt In a move that could reduce, if not end, the long queues at the Capital's borders, agencies including Delhi govt, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the road transport ministry on Friday unanimously agreed to remove physical booths on the highways to collect entry fee and green cess from commercial a meeting chaired by Union road transport secretary V Umashankar, it was decided to have Multi-Lane Free Flow (MMLF) toll and entry fee collection system with MCD stating that completely doing away with entry tax would cause revenue loss of around Rs 800 crore annually and severely dent its finances, sources MMLF is deployed, vehicles will not have to stop as overhead cameras across the lanes can read the vehicle registration number and deduct the charge from FASTag wallet linked to the has learnt that there was also unanimity among all agencies to find a solution to the collection of Environment Compensation Cess (ECC) or green cess collected from heavy commercial vehicles entering Delhi at borders, which causes long traffic snarls on NHs and expressways connecting Delhi. The meeting was attended by officials including Delhi chief secretary Dharmendra and MCD commissioner Ashwini said while the municipal corporation has approached the Supreme Court seeking a single unified value for ECC, which would pave the way for integration of FASTag and MCD's RFID tags to collect the green tax and entry fee, Haryana govt has pleaded for stopping ECC collection altogether. They added that now NHAI will also approach the apex court seeking a similar relief citing that now two peripheral expressways are operational for vehicles that are not destined for said road transport minister Nitin Gadkari will soon chair a meeting to take stock of the plan and progress of getting rid of these traffic choke points at Delhi borders. Long traffic jams have become the new normal on NHs and expressways due to physical booths which have been put up for collection of entry fee and ECC at five points - Sirhaul, Ghazipur, Badarpur, Tikri and Kundli. While taxis and trucks are mandated to have a pre-paid instrument, drivers often avoid recharging them and end up paying cash, adding to the meeting also took stock of the progress of the plans to decongest Ashram-Badarpur section of NH-2 and plan for an elevated road from INA to Nelson Mandela Marg near Vasant Kunj and its extension to Gurgaon-Faridabad road. NHAI informed the meeting that the authority has invited bids for preparing detailed project reports for these two roads.
Time of India
14 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Physical toll booths at city borders to be removed
In a move that could reduce, if not end, the long queues at the Capital's borders, agencies including Delhi govt, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the road transport ministry on Friday unanimously agreed to remove physical booths on the highways to collect entry fee and green cess from commercial vehicles. At a meeting chaired by Union road transport secretary V Umashankar, it was decided to have Multi-Lane Free Flow (MMLF) toll and entry fee collection system with MCD stating that completely doing away with entry tax would cause revenue loss of around Rs 800 crore annually and severely dent its finances, sources said. Once MMLF is deployed, vehicles will not have to stop as overhead cameras across the lanes can read the vehicle registration number and deduct the charge from FASTag wallet linked to the vehicle. TOI has learnt that there was also unanimity among all agencies to find a solution to the collection of Environment Compensation Cess (ECC) or green cess collected from heavy commercial vehicles entering Delhi at borders, which causes long traffic snarls on NHs and expressways connecting Delhi. The meeting was attended by officials including Delhi chief secretary Dharmendra and MCD commissioner Ashwini Kumar. Officials said while the municipal corporation has approached the Supreme Court seeking a single unified value for ECC, which would pave the way for integration of FASTag and MCD's RFID tags to collect the green tax and entry fee, Haryana govt has pleaded for stopping ECC collection altogether. They added that now NHAI will also approach the apex court seeking a similar relief citing that now two peripheral expressways are operational for vehicles that are not destined for Delhi. Sources said road transport minister Nitin Gadkari will soon chair a meeting to take stock of the plan and progress of getting rid of these traffic choke points at Delhi borders. Long traffic jams have become the new normal on NHs and expressways due to physical booths which have been put up for collection of entry fee and ECC at five points - Sirhaul, Ghazipur, Badarpur, Tikri and Kundli. While taxis and trucks are mandated to have a pre-paid instrument, drivers often avoid recharging them and end up paying cash, adding to the chaos. The meeting also took stock of the progress of the plans to decongest Ashram-Badarpur section of NH-2 and plan for an elevated road from INA to Nelson Mandela Marg near Vasant Kunj and its extension to Gurgaon-Faridabad road. NHAI informed the meeting that the authority has invited bids for preparing detailed project reports for these two roads.
Indian Express
16 hours ago
- Automotive
- Indian Express
83 spots to get cover ahead of monsoon: NHAI opts for green mesh cover to curb landslides on Kalka-Shimla highway
Giant drilling machines piercing the hills, iron rods driven 12 to 15 metres deep, and green mesh nets spread like carpets over slopes — these are now familiar sights along the Kalka-Shimla highway, part of the 120-km-long Chandigarh-Shimla Expressway. To preserve the natural beauty of the hills and reduce landslide risks ahead of the monsoon season, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched slope protection works using green mesh netting, standard drilling, and anchoring at 83 vulnerable sites along a 60-km stretch between Parwanoo (Solan) and Kathlighat (Shimla) for the first time. Of these, 81 sites are on hill slopes, and two—Chakki Mod and Datyar—are on valley sides. The work, estimated at Rs 200 crore, is scheduled to be completed by March 2026. This marks a shift from the earlier shotcrete technique, in which concrete was sprayed onto slopes, leaving behind barren cemented walls—especially visible along the Solan bypass. 'Shotcrete did help reduce landslide risks, but it wasn't nature friendly and didn't suit the biodiversity of these hills,' said Akshaya Acharya, geologist consultant to NHAI, adding, 'We used it between Sanwara and Kasauli and extensively on the Solan bypass. While technically effective, it hindered vegetation. In contrast, the current method allows greenery to return without soil erosion.' At the highly landslide-prone sites of Chakki Mod and Datyar, slope protection also includes the construction of reinforced soil walls. 'Unlike shotcrete, which needs no maintenance, the mesh netting technique requires regular watering to keep soil moist and promote vegetation,' Acharya said, adding, 'We will also install pedometer sensors with accelerometers at Chakki Mod and Datyar to detect underground vibrations and issue early landslide warnings.' Sources said that the project was initially meant for only 21 sites in the Parwanoo-Solan stretch but was later expanded to 83 across two sections: Parwanoo to Solan, and Solan to Kathlighat. NHAI Project Director (Kalka-Shimla) Anand Dahiya said, 'Around two dozen of the 83 sites are highly vulnerable. We are prioritising these ahead of the monsoon, which will naturally support vegetation growth under the mesh nets.' He added that shotcrete is also more expensive than the current mesh-and-anchor method. The Kalka-Shimla highway has seen frequent landslides during monsoons, particularly in 2019 and 2023. Over 128 landslides were recorded—78 in 2019 and 50 in 2023—causing prolonged road blockages. Shimla resident Raghuvir Chandel said, 'Shotcrete kills the beauty of the hills. You drive through greenery and suddenly see barren concrete walls — it's jarring. Even net meshing involves drilling and cement-filling, but it's still better than turning the entire hill into concrete.'
Time of India
a day ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Toll rates for elevated road to Mopa airport notified
Panaji: The ministry of road, transport and highways has notified the toll rates that taxis, private vehicles, and local residents will have to pay to use the elevated link road from NH 66 to the Manohar International Airport. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is authorised to collect the toll fee. The toll rates range from Rs 19.7 for cars and Rs 32.5 for taxis to Rs 127.3 for container and trailer trucks with seven or more axles. Taxis registered in North Goa will receive a 50% discount, provided no alternative road is available for the commercial vehicles, states the notification. The NHAI has offered a monthly pass option of Rs 350 for the year 2025-26 for vehicles registered to locals residing within 20km of the toll plaza. This monthly fee will be revised every year.
News18
a day ago
- News18
HC expresses surprise on sub-letting land of NHAI by Waqf in UP's Saharanpur
Last Updated: Prayagraj (UP), May 30 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has expressed surprise at the actions of the Waqf Madarsa Qasim ul Uloom in encroaching a land in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur that belongs to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), carrying out construction on it, sub-letting it and charging rent on the property. Noting that the petitioner, Waqf, had encroached upon the land owned by the NHAI, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal dismissed the petition. The court called it a 'classic case" where the NHAI land was encroached upon and a madrasa, a mosque and certain other constructions were raised and the property was being claimed to be a 'waqf". The petitioner had filed the plea seeking a permanent prohibitory injunction restraining the respondent authorities from demolishing the disputed property and making new construction over the same. The petitioner had submitted that a madrasa, a mosque and a police chowki existed on the land. Regarding the petitioner's claim that the land was a waqf property, the defendants had pleaded that the same was not registered as a waqf with the Waqf Board. In the suit, the defendants had filed an amendment application that was allowed by the trial court. Against this, the petitioner had preferred a revision, which was dismissed. Thereafter, the petitioner approached the high court on grounds that the amendment could not be allowed as a new case was being set up by the defendants. The court said the petitioner-plaintiff had not, at any stage, shown the registration of the waqf and how the suit property was a waqf under the Waqf Act, 1995. The order dated May 12 came into the public domain on Friday. PTI COR RAJ KIS RC First Published:
