Latest toll tax rules: NHAI has withdrawn the 2021 policy which said that if vehicles are queued up to 100 meters from the toll booth, they will be allowed to pass without paying toll.
NHAI toll tax rules: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has withdrawn the three-year-old rules regarding waiting time at toll booths. In May 2021, NHAI had said under the new rule that the flow of vehicles per toll booth should be less than 10 seconds and the number of vehicles in any lane should not exceed 100 meters from the toll booth.
Under the new rule, NHAI had ordered that if vehicles queue up to a distance of 100 meters from the toll booth, they will be allowed to pass without paying toll. NHAI had made this rule for those toll booths where the project work is going on and land acquisition for the toll plaza was yet to be done.
NHAI withdrew the rule after three years
However, now after three years, NHAI has withdrawn that policy of 2021. The report said that this rule has been removed after the difficulties in implementing this rule and criticism of the citizens. NHAI has now implemented a live feed system to manage long queues.
The latest guideline issued by NHAI to manage toll plazas states that the rules regarding waiting time at toll plazas have been removed with immediate effect. Because there is no mention of such exemption in NH Fee Rules 2008.
Permission was given without paying toll
This provision, introduced in the year 2021, said that it should be ensured at the toll booths that people do not take more than 10 seconds to pay toll tax during peak hours. If at any time, the queue of vehicles in any lane exceeds 100 meters from the toll booth, then the boom barrier of that lane will be removed and vehicles will be allowed to pass without paying any toll tax.
For this, it was asked to mark a yellow line at a distance of 100 meters from the toll booth in each lane and display this rule prominently. Sources say that NHAI faced heavy criticism due to this provision. Because it was almost impossible to implement such a provision. Even questions were raised in Parliament several times regarding this rule. Therefore, this rule has been removed.
