Ahmedabad: In protest against the continued collection of toll tax on the Vadodara-Halol and Adalaj-Mehsana roads, despite recovering several times the construction costs, 16 lakh commercial vehicle owners in Gujarat will refuse to pay tolls on these roads starting December 21. The Akhil Gujarat Truck Transport Association stated that toll collection on these roads began in 2001-02 and alleged that while the roads were built at a cost of ₹515.19 crore, the toll collected so far has exceeded â‚...Read More

New Delhi: The Bharthana Toll Plaza, located on National Highway 8 on the Vadodara-Bharuch section, was the highest-earning toll plaza in the country during year 2023-24, collecting ₹472.65 crore as user fees from motorists. Among top five earning toll plazas on the national highways in Gujarat in 2023-24 were Bharthana(472.65 crore) near Vadodara, Choryasi(Rs. 354.94 crore) near Surat, Vasad(Rs. 264.73 crore) near Vadodara, Samkhiyali in Kutch (Rs. 260.77 crore), Boriach near Surat (Rs. 23...Read More