Yamuna Expressway toll rates hiked: Check new rates

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
24:
Travelling
on
national
highways
could
become
a
little
more
expensive
between
Greater
Noida
and
Agra
as
Yamuna
Expressway
Industrial
Development
Authority
(YEIDA)
has
increased
between
RS
2.60
per
kilometre
to
Rs
18.80
per
kilometre.

The
YEIDA,
which
functions
under
the
Uttar
Pradesh
government
and
manages
land
along
the
165-km-long
expressway,
made
the
announcement
after
its
74th
board
meeting.

According
to
the
new
hikes,
the
rate
of
toll
for
car,
jeep,
van
and
light
motor
vehicles
has
been
increased
from
Rs
2.50
per
kilometer
to
Rs
2.65
kilometer.

For
light
commercial
vehicle,
light
goods
vehicle
or
mini
buses,
it
has
been
hiked
from
Rs
3.90
per
kilometer
to
Rs
4.15
per
kilometer,
the
YEIDA
said
in
a
statement.

Toll
rates
for
bus
or
truck
increased
from
Rs
7.90
per
kilometer
to
Rs
8.45
per
kilometer.

Toll
for
vehicles
having
three
to
six
axles
increased
from
Rs
12.05
per
km
to
Rs
12.90
per
kilometer,
while
that
of
large
size
vehicle
and
bigger
vehicles
changed
from
Rs
15.55
per
kilometer
to
Rs
18.80
per
kilometer,
according
to
the
statement.

“The
concessionaire
of
the
expressway
has
spent
Rs
130.54
crore
in
works
as
per
suggestions
from
the
road
safety
audit
of
IIT
Delhi,”
the
YEIDA
said.