3 national highways in Gujarat may be lined up for monetisation

NEW DELHI: The government may look to add three highway stretches from Gujarat to the asset monetisation pipeline after they were handed back to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) after the end of the 15-year concession period.
The Centre’s target to mop up Rs 45,000 crore from monetisation of highway projects is expected to get a boost during the next financial year as the roads are high toll earners, sources told TOI.
The three projects in Gujarat, with a cumulative length of 377 km, can be monetized to generate Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore, the sources estimated.
The current toll revenue of these six-laned highway projects – Vadodara-Baruch, Baruch-Surat and Surat-Dahisar – is around Rs 1,700 crore.