Toll charges in Karnataka to rise from April 1

Vehicle users crossed Karnataka whitethorn person to wage much astatine toll plazas from April 1, arsenic the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) prepares to instrumentality its yearly revision of idiosyncratic fees linked to inflation.

According to officials, the revised toll rates based connected changes successful the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) are expected to beryllium notified successful the coming days. The hike volition use to astir each toll plazas successful the State, though astir 10 toll plazas are apt to spot the summation aboriginal from September 1.

A elder NHAI authoritative said that the summation is expected to stay mean this year. “The projected revision successful toll charges is apt to beryllium successful the scope of up to 5% successful enactment with the question of the Wholesale Price Index”.

Key stretches wherever commuters volition beryllium affected see the airdrome toll road, the Bengaluru–Mysuru access-controlled highway, Bagepalli toll plaza successful Chikkaballapur, Gadduru toll plaza successful Kolar, the Satellite Town Ring Road, and respective different tolled corridors crossed Karnataka.

An NHAI authoritative said that the revision is portion of a modular yearly workout carried retired crossed the country. “The toll interest accommodation is linked to the Wholesale Price Index to relationship for ostentation and rising attraction costs of nationalist highways. This ensures that roadworthy infrastructure continues to beryllium maintained astatine precocious standards portion besides supporting ongoing upgrades and enlargement projects. The revision is implemented uniformly each twelvemonth from April 1, pursuing owed process and approvals,” the authoritative said.

Meanwhile, information from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways accessed by The Hindu shows that Karnataka has witnessed a crisp summation successful idiosyncratic interest collections implicit the past 5 years. Collections person astir doubled from ₹1,866 crore successful 2020–21 to implicit ₹4,320 crore successful 2024–25.

Officials property this emergence to accrued vehicular traffic, enlargement of tolled road networks, and improved compliance done FASTag-based physics toll postulation systems.