By Admin 
FASTag News: If you are also among those who keep commuting on the National Highway, now this journey is going to be expensive for them. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased the rates of toll plazas on National Highways and Expressways from the financial year starting from April 1. This means that from the next 1st, you may have to loosen your pockets a bit while traveling on these. Let us tell you that there has been an average increase of 4-5 percent at toll plazas across the country.
Which routes will be affected?
| Roots | Possible changes in toll | How much will it cost? |
| Delhi-Meerut Expressway | 5% increase in LCV/Truck | The fare for a one-way journey for light vehicles including cars, jeeps, vans or light motor vehicles will be Rs 175, which was earlier Rs 170. The return fare will be Rs 265, which was earlier Rs 255. |
| Bengaluru-Mysore Expressway | 3-5 percent increase | There will be no change in toll charge for cars and it will remain around Rs 120. However, fares for larger vehicles like LCV/Truck will increase by Rs 5-15. |
| Delhi-Jaipur Highway | Increase of up to 5-20 percent | Increase in fares for commercial vehicles at major toll plazas like Shahjahanpur. |
| Other routes of UP | Increase up to 5-10 percent | Slight increase for private vehicles on the routes from Lucknow to Kanpur, Ayodhya and Rae Bareli. |
How much will toll increase on various routes?
- In UP, the expenditure on toll on routes like Delhi-Meerut Expressway, National Highway-9 and Lucknow-Kanpur will increase by 5 percent. This will put additional burden on passengers traveling from Delhi to Meerut or Lucknow to Kanpur.
- In Rajasthan, there is a possibility of increase in expenditure on toll plazas on routes like Jaipur-Delhi, Jaipur-Ajmer and Jaipur-Kishangarh. It is being told that toll for cars on Jaipur-Kishangarh routes will increase from Rs 140 to Rs 155. At the same time, those traveling for long distances like from Delhi to Mumbai via Rajasthan will have to pay an extra Rs 5-15 on every toll.
- There are more than 65 tolls in Tamil Nadu, South India. Due to the possible increase in toll charges from April 1, those traveling on Chennai Bypass and Chennai-Tirupati Highway will have to spend more money than before.
- There is also a possibility of an average 3-5 percent toll increase on Bengaluru-Mysore and Bengaluru Airport Road. There is heavy traffic on these routes.
- On the Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat and Ambala-Chandigarh routes, the toll expenditure on commercial vehicles as well as private vehicles can range between Rs 5-15.
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