Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to fetch ₹1,000 to 1,500 crore revenues every month, says Gadkari
The Hindu
He further stated that National Highways Authority of India will receive an annual toll income to the tune of ₹1.40 lakh crore in the next five years from the current level of ₹40,000 crore.
The Centre will get toll revenues worth ₹1,000 to 1,500 crore every month once the much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway becomes operational in 2023, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday and described State-owned NHAI as a ‘gold mine’ for generating income.
Steering the ambitious drive to expand the country’s road infrastructure for the past seven years, a confident Mr. Gadkari also asserted that National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will rake in annual toll income to the tune of ₹1.40 lakh crore in the next five years from the current level of ₹40,000 crore.
Mr. Gadkari, who just completed a whirlwind tour to assess the progress of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway that will pass through four States apart from the national capital, said the national highways infrastructure is a world-class success story.