The Kherki Daula toll plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway is set to shift to Kukdaula village near Pachgaon within the next six months, with Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a company working under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), issuing a tender for the new facility.
The tender for constructing the 12-lane toll plaza is scheduled to be opened on 23 October. The relocation was discussed at the 13th District Coordination Committee meeting chaired by Principal Adviser, Urban Development, D S Dhesi. NHAI Project Director Yogesh Tilak provided information about the tender issued by IHMCL, according to the report.
The proposed facility will use Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) technology and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. Under this system, vehicles will not need to stop at toll booths, and the site will not have conventional toll booths or toll collection staff. Toll charges will be collected through ANPR-based monitoring as vehicles pass through the plaza.
Employees will instead be stationed at a control room located some distance from the toll facility. They will monitor vehicles exiting the toll plaza and manage toll collection remotely. The system is expected to generate an estimated Rs 165.95 crore annually, although the report does not specify the applicable toll rates or the exact collection mechanism for vehicles whose charges cannot be automatically recovered.
The proposed relocation follows an approval granted in May last year. The new location at Kukdaula is linked to a continuing dispute over land between the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and NHAI. GMDA had arranged approximately 28 acres of land from the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation for the toll plaza.
GMDA has now requested the return of 24 acres, arguing that an MLFF-based toll facility would not require such a large site. The final land arrangement between the two agencies and its effect on the construction schedule were not detailed in the report.
The relocation is being planned as an operational change on one of the region’s key highway routes, but the supplied report does not provide details about traffic management during construction, the precise alignment of the new plaza or whether the existing Kherki Daula facility will continue operating until the replacement is ready. Those details will be important for highway users and adjoining settlements as work progresses.
The district meeting also covered monitoring of construction sites and vehicles ahead of the winter pollution season. The pollution department has required web cameras and low-cost sensors at sites larger than 500 square metres, with monitoring linked to the Commission for Air Quality Management and pollution department offices. Of 1,054 construction sites identified for monitoring, web cameras had been installed at 907 and sensors at 534, according to the report.
Dhesi also directed officials to monitor and act against polluting vehicles and construction sites. The meeting discussed introducing a Delhi-style restriction under which petrol and diesel would not be supplied to vehicles without valid pollution-under-control certificates or to vehicles that have crossed the prescribed age limit. The report did not state whether this measure has been formally notified or when it would take effect.
The immediate confirmed milestones for the toll project are the opening of the IHMCL tender on 23 October and the stated target of shifting the facility to Kukdaula within six months.
