The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will wait “till traffic on the highway stretches is back in full volume” to move ahead with its asset monetisation plans. In the Budget for 2021-22, the government set a target for the NHAI to raise Rs 10,000 crore through monetisation of its operational stretches in the current fiscal year.
Widespread curfews and severe restrictions on mobility amounting to national lockdown in May has had an big impact on highway toll collections.
According to rating agency Icra, toll collections fell by around 10% in April 2021 over March 2021 and estimated to have declined by 25-30% in May 2021 over April 2021.
