Toll collection will continue at four plazas on the Faridabad-Gurugram road after Haryana’s Public Works Department restarted the tender process to appoint a new agency, ending expectations among local motorists that the charges would stop after the previous contracts expired in June.
The four plazas are located at Bandhwari, Kesher Zone, Pali and Pakhal. According to the report, more than one lakh employees, traders, industrial workers and freight vehicles use the road and its surrounding areas every day. The traffic also includes vehicles linked to mining zones, industrial areas and nearby settlements.
The continued toll collection is expected to affect daily commuters as well as vehicles serving Faridabad’s industrial, construction and crusher-zone economies. The report said the four plazas generate collections running into crores of rupees each day because of the volume of light and heavy vehicles using the route.
The earlier toll-collection period at all four plazas ended in June. Following its expiry, local residents and vehicle owners had expected the road to become toll-free. The PWD has now begun a fresh tender process, with a new agency potentially taking over collection from next month.
Chandradeep Rana, executive engineer with the PWD, said the department had started looking for new agencies to operate the toll plazas and collect the charges. The tender process has been initiated for the operation and fee collection arrangements, according to his statement cited in the report.
The reported toll schedule sets a charge of ₹40 per trip for cars, jeeps, pickup vans, three-wheelers and station wagons. Buses will be charged ₹170, while light commercial vehicles and light trucks will pay ₹140. Trucks with up to 10 tyres will be charged ₹300, and multi-axle vehicles with more than 10 tyres, along with heavy machinery such as cranes, bulldozers, earthmovers and road rollers, will pay ₹350.
Tractor-trolleys carrying mining and construction material will be charged ₹80 per trip. This category is particularly relevant to vehicles moving materials from Faridabad’s crusher zones and to construction sites in and around the city.
The reported rules provide that a vehicle will not have to pay again when passing through the same toll road after making a payment. A vehicle that exits the toll road and re-enters it will be charged again. Vehicles making more than one trip in a day can obtain a pass by paying 1.5 times the applicable toll. Commercial vehicles will also have a same-day return-trip facility.
Monthly passes are set at 30 times the single-trip charge for commercial vehicles and 20 times the single-trip charge for other vehicles. The report also lists exemptions for two-wheelers, tractor-trolleys carrying agricultural produce, army vehicles, ambulances, hearses, police vehicles and fire tenders. It additionally states that non-commercial vehicles have been kept free of toll, although the reported rate schedule separately lists charges for cars and other vehicle categories.
The next formal milestone is the completion of the PWD’s tender process and the appointment of the agency that will operate the four plazas and collect the notified charges.
